تونک

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Karakhanid تُنْكْ (tunk /⁠toŋ⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ.

Adjective

تونک (toŋ)

  1. frozen hard, frozen
  2. cold
Derived terms
  • تونکلاماق (toŋlamaq, “to freeze”)
Descendants
  • Uyghur: توڭ (tong)

Further reading

  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تونك”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 248
  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “تونك”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[2] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 128

Etymology 2

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Noun

تونک (tüŋ) (plural تونک‌لار (tüŋlär))

  1. a special barrel or jug used to cool liquids

Further reading

  • Courteille, Abel Pavet de (1870) “تونك”, in Dictionnaire turk-oriental [Eastern Turkic Dictionary]‎[3] (in French), Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, page 248
  • el-Buhari, Süleyman Özbeki (1881) “تونك”, in لغت چغتای و ترکی عثمانی [Ottoman Turkish-Chagatai Dictionary]‎[4] (in Ottoman Turkish), volume 1, page 128
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