طاشاق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • طاشق (taşak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tašak (“testicle”); see Azerbaijani daşşaq for more. Cognate with Crimean Tatar taşaq, Karachay-Balkar ташакъ (taşaq), Kazakh тасақ (tasaq), Kipchak طشاق and Kyrgyz ташак (taşak).

Noun

طاشاق • (taşak) (definite accusative طاشاغی (taşağı), plural طاشاقلر (taşaklar))

  1. testicle, the male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals
    Synonyms: بیضه (beyza), خایه (haya), خصیه (husye)

Derived terms

  • تك طاشاق (tek taşak, “monorchis”)
  • تلكی طاشاغی (tilki taşağı, “green-winged orchid”)
  • دبه طاشاق (debe taşak, “inguinal hernia”)
  • طاشاقسز (taşaksız, “without testicles”)
  • طاشاقلو (taşaklı, “provided with testicles”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: taşak
  • → Armenian: թաշախ (tʻašax)
  • → Macedonian: ташак (tašak)

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