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Chagatai
Etymology
From Armenian տունկ (tunk).
Noun
تونك (tong)
- shrub, bush
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տունկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دونك (dünek). Compare Karakhanid تونك (tünek, “prison”).
Noun
تونك • (tünek)
- perch (roosting place of a bird)
Descendants
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tünek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تونك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 614
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943