آری دیكنی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of آری (arı, bee) + دیكن (diken, thorn).

Noun

آری دیكنی • (arı dikeni)

  1. stinger, a pointed portion of a bee used for attack

Further reading

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آری دیكنی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 599
  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آری دیكنی”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 2111–2112
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