طرناق

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Ottoman Turkish

طرناق

Alternative forms

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)

  1. fingernail, toenail, the thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes
    Synonyms: ظفر (zufr), ناخن (nahun)
  2. claw, a curved, pointed nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal or bird
    Synonyms: پنچه (pençe), چنك (çenk), طرمیق (tırmık)
  3. hoof, the tip of a toe of an ungulate, such as a horse, ox or deer
    Synonym: طویناق (toynak)
  4. guillemet, either of the punctuation marks « or », used to indicate passages of speech

Derived terms

Descendants

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

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