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”)
  • آق دیكن (ak diken, “hawthorn”)
  • 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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