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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَدَقَة (ḥadaqa, “pupil”).
Noun
حدقه • (hadeka) (plural احداق (ahdak))
- pupil, the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye
- Synonyms: گوز ببكی (göz bebeği), مردمك (merdümek)
- bullseye, the centre of a target, inside the inner and the magpie
Derived terms
- حدقی (hadekî, “pupillar”)
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hadeka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1831
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حدقه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 499
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Pupilla”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1409
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حدقه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 1734
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حدقه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 770
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic حَدَقَة (ḥadaqa, “pupil”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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haḏaqa
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Dari reading?
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hadaqa
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Iranian reading?
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hadağe
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Tajik reading?
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hadaqa
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Noun
حدقه • (hadaqe)
- (anatomy) eye socket, orbital cavity
- Synonym: کاسه چشم (kâse-ye česm)
- (anatomy) pupil
- Synonyms: مردمک (mardomak), گوهرک (gowharak)