طوك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طوك (doŋ, “frost”), from Proto-Turkic *toŋ (“frozen”).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani don, Bashkir туң (tuñ), Chuvash тӑм (tăm), Kazakh тоң (toñ), Kyrgyz тоң (toŋ), Southern Altai тоҥ (toŋ), Tatar туң (tuñ), Turkmen doň, Tuvan доң (doñ), Uyghur توڭ (tong) and Yakut тоҥ (toñ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doŋ/

Noun

طوك • (doñ) (definite accusative طوكی (doñu), plural طوكلر (doñlar))

  1. frost, a weather condition in which the air temperature falls below the freezing point of water, especially outside at night
    Synonyms: آیاز (ayaz), سرما (serma)
  2. (physics) congelation, freezing, frost, the act or process of passing, or causing to pass, from a fluid to a solid state
    Synonyms: انجماد (incimad), طوكمه (doñma)

Derived terms

  • طوك اولمق (doñ olmak, “to frost”)
  • طوك یاغی (doñ yağı, “tallow”)
  • طوكمق (doñmak, “to freeze”)
  • طوكوك (doñuk, “frozen”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: don
  • → Armenian: տօն (tōn)

Further reading

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