سونكو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • سنكو (süngü), سونكی (süngü)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *süŋgü (“lance, spear”); cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (süŋüg), Azerbaijani süngü, Bashkir һөңгө (höñgö), Chuvash сăнă (sănă), Kazakh сүңгі (süñgı), Tatar сөңге (söñge) and Yakut үҥүү (üñüü).

Noun

سونكو • (süngü) (definite accusative سونكویی (süngüyü), plural سونكولر (süngüler))

  1. anything that presents itself straight at or before one:
    1. bayonet, a pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle
      Synonym: تفنك سونكوسی (tüfenk süngüsü)
    2. spine, a series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human
      Synonym: اوكورغه (oñurga)
    3. awn, arista, the bristle or beard of various grasses, or any similar bristlelike appendage
      Synonym: قیلچیق (kılçık)
    4. pikehead, the pointed head or end of a pike, used to thrust people in European warfare

Derived terms

  • تفنك سونكوسی (tüfenk süngüsü, “bayonet”)
  • سونكو اوتی (süngü otu, “bird's foot”)
  • سونكو دیرسكی (süngü dirseği, “bayonet's elbow”)
  • سونكو طاورانمق (süngü davranmak, “to charge the bayonet”)
  • سونكو قوغانی (süngü koğanı, “bayonet's ferrule”)
  • سونكو ناملوسی (süngü namlısı, “bayonet's blade”)
  • سونكوسی آغر (süngüsü ağır, “slow-moving”)
  • سونكولمك (süngülemek, “to bayonet”)
  • مزراق سونكوسی (mızrak süngüsü, “spear head”)
  • وجودك سونكوسی (vücuduñ süngüsü, “vertebra”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: süngü
  • → Albanian: syngji
  • → Arabic: سُونْكِيّ (sunkiyy), سُنْكِيّ (sunkiyy)
  • → Armenian: սո̈ւնկո̈ւ (sünkü), սունկու (sunku)
  • → Swahili: singe

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