تونك

Chagatai

Etymology

From Armenian տունկ (tunk).

Noun

تونك (tong)

1. shrub, bush

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տունկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish دونك (dünek). Compare Karakhanid تونك (tünek, “prison”).

Noun

تونك • (tünek)

1. perch (roosting place of a bird)

Descendants

• Turkish: tünek

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tünek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تونك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 614
• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943