فشقی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

فشكی (fışkı)

Etymology

From Greek φουσκί (fouskí), from Byzantine Greek φυσκίον (phuskíon) (whence also Pontic Greek φουσ̌κίν (fouškín), φουσ̌κί (fouškí)), a diminutive of Ancient Greek φύσκη (phúskē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɯʃkɯ/

Noun

فشقی • (fışkı)

dung, especially horse-dung, manure, fertilizer
Synonyms: گوبره (göbre, gübre), تزك (tezek), ترس (ters)
dried horse-dung used as bedding for horses

Derived terms

فشقیجی (fışkıcı, “collector of dung”)
فشقیلاتمق (fışkılatmak, “to be manured with dung”)
فشقیلامق (fışkılamak, “to manure with dung”)
فشقیلق (fışkılık, “dunghill”)

Descendants

Turkish: fışkı, fışgı
→ Armenian: ֆըշխի (fəšxi)

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