ایكنه
Ottoman Turkish
ایكنه
Alternative forms
- اكنه (iğne)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(y)igne (“needle”); cognate with Azerbaijani iynə, Bashkir энә (enä), Chuvash йӗп (jĕp), Crimean Tatar iyne, Kazakh ине (ine), Kyrgyz ийне (iyne), Turkmen iňňe, Uyghur يىڭنە (yingne) and Uzbek igna.
Noun
ایكنه • (iğne)
- needle, a long, thin and sharp implement used in sewing and knitting
- Synonyms: ابره (ibre), سوزن (suzen)
- pin, a needle without an eye used for fastening
- Synonym: ابره (ibre)
- thorn, prickle, any small, sharp and pointed object
- stinger, a pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack
- Synonym: ابره (ibre)
- fishhook, a barbed hook used for fishing
- stile, gnomon or pointer of a dial
- (nautical) pintle, a pin or bolt which acts as a pivot for a rudder
Derived terms
- ایكنه آردی (iğne ardı, “backstitch”)
- ایكنهجك (iğnecik, “small needle or pin”)
- ایكنهجی (iğneci, “maker or seller of needles”)
- ایكنه دلیكی (iğne deliği, “eye of a needle”)
- ایكنهلتمك (iğneletmek, “to prick with needles”)
- ایكنهلمك (iğnelemek, “to fix with a pin or needle”)
- ایكنهلنمك (iğnelenmek, “to be fixed with a pin or needle”)
- ایكنهلو (iğneli, “furnished with needles or pins”)
Descendants
- Turkish: iğne
- → Armenian: իյնէ (iynē)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “iğne”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2104
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ایكنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 222
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Acus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 16
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “اكنه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 361
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “iğne”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ایكنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302