طرناق

Ottoman Turkish
طرناق

Alternative forms
  • درناق‎ (dırnak), طرنق‎ (tırnak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tïrŋak (“finger-nail, claw”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴‎ (tïrŋaq), Azerbaijani dırnaq, Bashkir тырнаҡ (tırnaq), Kazakh тырнақ (tyrnaq), Kyrgyz тырмак (tırmak), Turkmen dyrnak, Uyghur تىرناق‎ (tirnaq), Uzbek tirnoq and Yakut тыҥырах (tıñıraq).

Noun

طرناق • (tırnak)

  1. fingernail, toenail, the thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes
    Synonyms: ظفر‎ (zufr), ناخن‎ (nahun)
  2. claw, a curved, pointed nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal or bird
    Synonyms: پنچه‎ (pençe), چنك‎ (çenk)
  3. hoof, the tip of a toe of an ungulate, such as a horse, ox or deer
    Synonym: طویناق‎ (toynak)
  4. guillemet, either of the punctuation marks « or », used to indicate passages of speech

Derived terms
  • طرناق اوتی‎ (tırnak otu, “mouse-ear hawkweed”)
  • طرناق سوكمك‎ (tırnak sökmek, “to draw a nail with pincers”)
  • طرناق كسمك‎ (tırnak kesmek, “to cut the nails”)
  • طرناق یری‎ (tırnak yeri, “weak point”)
  • طرناقلامق‎ (tırnaklamak, “to wound with the nails or claws”)
  • طرناقلو‎ (tırnaklı, “provided with nails, claws or hoofs”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: tırnak
  • → Armenian: թըռնախ (tʿəṙnax)

Further reading
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