طرناق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • درناق (dırnak), طرنق (tırnak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tïrŋak (“finger-nail, claw”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (tïrŋaq), Azerbaijani dırnaq, Bashkir тырнаҡ (tırnaq), Kazakh тырнақ (tyrnaq), Kyrgyz тырмак (tırmak), Turkmen dyrnak, Uyghur تىرناق (tirnaq), Uzbek tirnoq and Yakut тыҥырах (tıñıraq).

Noun

طرناق • (tırnak) (definite accusative طرناغی (tırnağı), plural طرناقلر (tırnaklar))

  1. fingernail, toenail, the thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals
    Synonyms: ظفر (zufr), ناخن (nahun)
  2. claw, talon, unguis, a sharp, hooked nail on each digit of the foot of a bird of prey or other predatory animal
    Synonyms: پنچه (pençe), چنك (çenk), طرمیق (tırmık), قیناق (kıynak)
  3. hoof, the tip of a toe of an ungulate, such as a horse, strengthened by a thick and horny keratin covering
    Synonym: طویناق (toynak)
  4. guillemet, chevron, angle quote, either of the punctuation marks « or », used to indicate passages of speech

Derived terms

  • ابلیس طرناغی (iblis tırnağı, “onycha”)
  • ات ایله طرناق (et ile tırnak, “inseparable”)
  • تپه‌دن طرناغه (tepeden tırnağa, “from head to toes”)
  • دوه طرناغی (deve tırnağı, “anything that does not exist in reality”, literally “camel's hoof”)
  • شیطان طرناغی (şeytan tırnağı, “hangnail”)
  • طرناق اوتی (tırnak otu, “mouse-ear hawkweed”)
  • طرناق اوستنده یورومك (tırnak üstünde yürümek, “to tiptoe”)
  • طرناق ایلشدرمك (tırnak ilişdirmek, “to hook a claw into a thing”)
  • طرناق باتمق (tırnak batmak, “for a nail or claw, to run into”)
  • طرناق بخوری (tırnak buhuru, “onycha”)
  • طرناق سوكمك (tırnak sökmek, “to draw a nail with pincers”)
  • طرناق طاقمق (tırnak takmak, “to hook a claw into a thing”)
  • طرناق كسمك (tırnak kesmek, “to cut the nails”)
  • طرناق كسندیسی (tırnak kesindisi, “nail-parings”)
  • طرناق پیده‌سی (tırnak pidesi, “a thin, round flatcake”)
  • طرناق یاره‌سی (tırnak yarası, “scratch”)
  • طرناق یری (tırnak yeri, “weak point”)
  • طرناقلامق (tırnaklamak, “to wound with the nails or claws”)
  • طرناقلره یاغ چالمق (tırnaklara yağ çalmak, “to wish someone well”)
  • طرناقلو (tırnaklı, “provided with nails, claws or hoofs”)
  • قاطر طرناغی (katır tırnağı, “common broom”)
  • قورت طرناغی (kurt tırnağı, “bistort”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tırnak
  • → Armenian: թըռնախ (tʻəṙnax)

Further reading

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