دیكن

Ottoman Turkish
دیكنلر

Alternative forms
  • دكن‎ (diken)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *teken, *tikgen, itself from the root *tik- (“to stick something sharp or pointed, to stab; to sew”). From the same root are دیكمك‎ (dikmek, “to sew, stitch”), دیكمه‎ (dikme, “prop or shore”) and دیكیش‎ (dikiş, “stitch, seam, splice”).

Noun

دیكن • (diken)

  1. (botany) thorn, a protective spine of a plant
    Synonyms: خار‎ (har), شوك‎ (şevk)
  2. any slender, sharp object, such as a bee's sting or a fishbone
    Synonym: (fishbone) قیلچق‎ (qılçık)
  3. (by extension) any thorny plant
  4. (figuratively) persistent source of anxiety, troublesome obstacle

Derived terms
  • آری دیكنی‎ (arı dikeni, “stinger”)
  • اشك دیكنی‎ (eşek dikeni, “cotton thistle”)
  • بوغا دیكنی‎ (boğa dikeni, “milk thistle”)
  • دوه دیكنی‎ (deve dikeni, “camelthorn”)
  • دیكنسز‎ (dikensiz, “thornless, spineless”)
  • دیكنلك‎ (dikenlik, “plant with many thorns”)
  • دیكنلنمك‎ (dikenlenmek, “to become a thorn”)
  • دیكنلو‎ (dikenli, “thorny, prickly”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: diken

Further reading
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