sağanak
Appearance
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish صاغناق (sağanak).[1] Related to Ottoman Turkish صاغنامق (sağnamak, “to squirt, spray”).[2] Compare Mongolian [script needed] (şagi-, “to pour down, to rain heavily”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
[edit]sağanak (definite accusative sağanağı, plural sağanaklar)
- heavy rain that starts suddenly, usually for a short time; a squall
- Synonym: boğanak
- kar sağanakları ― snow squalls
- sudden, violent, or repeated movements
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “صاغناق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 748
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sağanak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Parlatır, İsmail et al. (1998) “sağanak”, in Türkçe Sözlük, 9th edition, volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1883b