سونكو

Ottoman Turkish

سونگو

Alternative forms

• سنگو (süngü), سونگی (süngü)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *süŋgü.

Noun

سونگو • (süngü)

1. anything that presents itself straight at or before one, as a pikehead, a bayonet, an awn, the spine of the back

Derived terms

• سونگو اوتی (süngü otu, “Ornithopus compressus”)

Descendants

• Turkish: süngü
• Gagauz: süngü
• → Arabic: سُونْكِيّ (sunkiyy), سُنْكِيّ (sunkiyy)
• → Armenian: սո̈ւնկո̈ւ (sünkü), սունկու (sunku)
• → Swahili: singe