دیزكین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • تیزكین (tizgin), دزكن (dizgin), دیزكن (dizgin)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tizgin (rein),[1] perhaps a derivation from *tiŕ- (to bead, string; arrange in a row). Cognate with Chagatai تیزگین (tizgin), Uyghur تىزگىن (tizgin) and Uzbek tizgin.

Noun

دیزكین • (dizgin) (definite accusative دیزكینی (dizgini), plural دیزكینلر (dizginler))

  1. rein, a strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, animal or young child when riding or driving
    Synonym: زمام (zimâm)

Derived terms

  • تك دیزكین (tek dizgin, that pulls to one side (of a horse))
  • دیزكین ایتمك (dizgin etmek, to loose the rein)
  • دیزكین طوتمق (dizgin tutmak, to hold the rein)
  • دیزكین چكمك (dizgin çekmek, to draw rein)
  • دیزكینسز (dizginsiz, reinless)
  • دیزكینلرینی ویرمك (dizginlerini vermek, to give the reins)
  • دیزكینه چارپمق (dizgine çarpmak, to silence a meddler)
  • طولو دیزكین (dolu dizgin, at full speed)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dizgin

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tizgin”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 574

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