طومروق

Ottoman Turkish

طومروقلر

Alternative forms

  • طومرق (tomruk)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tomuruk (“bud; log”), a development of *tomur- (“to swell, to become round”).

Noun

طومروق • (tomruk)

  1. log, any bulky piece cut from a tree, used as timber, fuel, etc.
    Synonym: كوتوك (kütük)
  2. chain and log fastened to a culprit's leg, a kind of wooden fetter
    Synonym: پرانقه (pranka)
  3. (figuratively) prison, a place where people are held against their will
    Synonym: حبسخانه (hapshane)
  4. (botany) bud, a newly sprouted leaf or blossom that has not yet unfolded
    Synonyms: زر (zırr), طومروجاق (tomrucak)

Derived terms

  • طومروغه آتمق (tomruğa atmak, “to cast into prison”)
  • طومروق آغاسی (tomruk ağası, “warden of a prison”)
  • طومروق اورمق (tomruk urmak, “to put into the stocks”)
  • طومروقلانمق (tomruklanmak, “to bud”)
  • طومروقلو (tomruklu, “budded”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: tomruk
  • → Albanian: tumrruk
  • → Armenian: թօմրուխ (tʻōmrux)

Further reading

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