قاصناق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *kas- (“to tighten”). Nishanyan suggests a derivation from Proto-Turkic *kasna- (“to shiver with cold”)^[1], but this is semantically unlikely.

Noun

قاصناق • (kasnak) (definite accusative قاصناغی (kasnağı), plural قاصناقلر (kasnaklar))

tambour, embroidery hoop
Synonym: كركف (gerkef)

Derived terms

دمیر قاصناق (demir kasnak, “wheelrim”)
قاصناق ایكنه‌سی (kasnak iğnesi, “embroidery needle”)

Related terms

قاصق (kasık, “groin”)
قاصمق (kasmak, “to stretch, tighten”)

Descendants

Turkish: kasnak
→ Armenian: խասնախ (xasnax)
→⇒ Bulgarian: Каснаков (Kasnakov)

References

^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kasna:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 668

Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “قاصناق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 461
Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kasnak1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2459
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قاصناق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 929
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kasnak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قاصناق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1417

[1] Clauson, Gerard (1972), “kasna:-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 668

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