دكنك

Ottoman Turkish

دكنك

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tegnek (“stick, cane”), a development of *teg- (“to reach, achieve, touch”), whence دكمك (değmek, “to reach; to hit, strike”). Cognate with Azerbaijani dəyənək and Turkmen degenek.

Noun

دكنك • (değenek) (definite accusative دكنكی (değeneği), plural دكنكلر (değenekler))

1. stick, wand, cane, an elongated piece of wood, typically put to some use

   Synonyms: آغاج (ağac), عصا (ʼasa)

2. ferule, a ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap children on the hand

   Synonym: صوپه (sopa)

3. bastinado, a corporal punishment consisting of a blow or a beating with sticks

   Synonyms: صوپه (sopa), طیاق (dayak), كوتك (kötek)

Derived terms

• ال دكنكی (el değeneği, “staff, wand”)
• دكنك اورمق (değenek urmak, “to strike with a stick”)
• دكنك باصمق (değenek basmak, “to strike with a stick”)
• دكنك چالمق (değenek çalmak, “to strike with a stick”)
• دكنك یمك (değenek yemek, “to be struck with a stick”)
• دكنكجی (değenekci, “batoneer”)
• دكنكلی (değenekli, “provided with a stick”)
• قولتق دكنكی (koltuk değeneği, “crutch”)
• چوبان دكنكی (çoban değeneği, “crook; knotgrass”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: değnek
• → Armenian: դագանակ (daganak), տէյնէկ (tēynēk), դա̈գա̈նա̈կ (dägänäk), դըգ^յա̈նա̈կ (dəg^yänäk), դիգ^յա̈նա̈կ (dig^yänäk), դըգ^յանակ (dəg^yanak), դիգ^յանակ (dig^yanak) — dialectal
• → Georgian: დოღანაგი (doɣanagi)
• → Greek: δεκανίκι (dekaníki)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: дегенек

  Latin script: degenek

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “دكنك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 748
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “değnek1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1132
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “دكنك”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 227a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دكنك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 577
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Baculus”, 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^[3], Vienna, column 112
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دكنك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 2113
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “değnek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دكنك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 910