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طوقماق

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Ottoman Turkish

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طوقماق

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tokïmak (“club, mallet”),[1] perhaps a derivation from *tokï- (“to hit, strike”).

Noun

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طوقماق • (tokmak) (definite accusative طوقماغی (tokmağı), plural طوقماقلر (tokmaklar))

  1. large wooden rod for pestle, used in conjunction with a large mortar of stone called دیبك (dibek)
  2. mallet, beetle, a type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, used for driving a tool
  3. knocker, doorknocker, a device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door
  4. (firearms) hammer, a moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tokı:mak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 470

Further reading

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