سیكك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *siŋek (“mosquito; fly”); cognate with Azerbaijani sinək, Chuvash шăна (šăna), Crimean Tatar sinek, Southern Altai сек (sek), Turkmen siňek and Tuvan сээк (seek).

Noun

سیڭك • (siñek)

  1. fly, any insect of the order Diptera
    Synonyms: ذباب (zubab), مگس (meges)
  2. ♣, clubs in card- and boardgames
    Synonym: اسپاتی (ispati)

Coordinate terms

Suits in Ottoman Turkish · طاقیم (takım) (layout · text)
قوپه (kupa) اوریا (orya) ماچه (maça), كورك (kürek) اسپاتی (ispati), سیڭك (siñek)

Derived terms

  • آت سیڭكی (at siñeği, “horsefly”)
  • اشك سیڭكی (eşek siñeği, “gadfly”)
  • بوینوزلو سیڭك (boynuzlu siñek, “stalk-eyed fly”)
  • سیوری سیڭك (sivri siñek, “mosquito”)
  • سیڭكلتمك (siñekletmek, “to make or let be infested by flies”)
  • سیڭكلك (siñeklik, “flyswatter”)
  • سیڭكلو (siñekli, “infested with flies”)
  • قره سیڭك (kara siñek, “housefly”)
  • قورت سیڭكی (kurt siñeği, “blowfly”)
  • گوك سیڭك (gök siñek, “flesh fly”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sinek

Further reading

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