تومسك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tümse-, a derivation from *tüm- (“to be protubernat”), perhaps related to *tüm (“complete, whole, entire”).

Noun

تومسك • (tümsek) (definite accusative تومسكی (tümseği), plural تومسكلر (tümsekler))

1. prominence, bulge, eminence, protuberance, projection, bump, something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form

   Synonyms: چیقنتی (çıkıntı), یومرو (yumru)

2. (anatomy) process, a projection or outgrowth of tissue from a larger body, such as from a joint or the attachment point of a muscle

Adjective

تومسك • (tümsek)

1. protuberant, prominent, extuberant, outstanding, that swells, bulges, or protrudes outward

Derived terms

• تومسكلك (tümseklik, “convexity”)

Related terms

• توممك (tümmek, “to be protuberant”)

Descendants

• Turkish: tümsek

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “تومسك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 504
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “tümsek”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4940
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “تومسك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 417
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tümsek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تومسك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 614