طوكوز آیاغی

Ottoman Turkish

طوكوز آیاغی

Etymology

From طوكوز (doñuz, “pig, swine”) + آیاق (ayak, “foot”).

Noun

طوكوز آیاغی • (doñuz ayağı)

1. caltrop, a small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles

   Synonym: دمیر دیكنی (demir dikeni)

2. caltrop, any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris

Descendants

• Turkish: domuzayağı

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “domuzayağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1273
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طوكوز آیاغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 821
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طوكوز آیاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1259