اكنه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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Noun

اكنه • (ükne)

  1. bird's nest

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

اكنه • (igne)

  1. alternative spelling of ایكنه (iğne, needle)
    • 17th Century, محمد بن مصطفی الغورانی [Muhammed bin Mustafa el-Gurani], translated by Meryem Arslan, كتاب ترجمهٴ تذكرهٴ داود فی علم الطب [Kitāb-ı Tercüme-i Teẕkire-i Dāvūd Fī 'İlm-i'ṭ-Ṭıbb], Ankara: Turkish Language Association, published 2019, →ISBN, page 601:
      بُودَاقلَرِی اُوزُنْ وَ یَپْرَاقلَرِی كُوچُكْ وَ مُدَوَّرْ وَ چِچَكْلَرِی صَارُو یُوكْ كِبِی اُوزَرِنْدَه‌دِرْ وَ تِیكَنْلَرِی اِكْنَه كِبِی‌دِر وَ صَمْغِی بَیِاضْ اِیلَه حُمْرَه اَرَاسِنْدَه‌دِرْ رُومْ طَرَفْلَرِنْدَه وَ حَلَبْدَه چُوقْ اُولُورْ
      budakları uzun ve yaprakları küçük ve müdevver ve çiçekleri saru yüñ gibi üzerindedir ve tikenleri igne gibidir ve samgı beyaz ile humre arasındadır. rum taraflarında ve halebde çok olur.
      Its branches are tall and its leaves are small and round and its flowers are on top of it like yellow wool and its thorns are like needle, its resin is between white and erysipelas. It grows abundantly in Greek lands and Aleppo.

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