dırnaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic дырнаг
Roman dırnaq
Perso-Arabic دیرناق
dırnaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *dïrŋa-k (finger-nail, claw)[1]. Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (tïrŋaq, fingernail), Turkish and Crimean Tatar tırnak, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɯrˈnɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: dır‧naq

Noun

dırnaq (definite accusative dırnağı, plural dırnaqlar)

  1. (anatomy) nail, fingernail

Declension

Derived terms

  • dırnaqarası (so-called)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *dɨrŋak”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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