طاماق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

This word ultimately evolved from Proto-Turkic *tāmgāk (“throat”), from *tam- (“to drip; drop”); compare طاملامق (damlamak, “to drip”), طاملا (damla, “drop”) and Azerbaijani damaq.

Noun

طاماق • (damak)

palate, the roof of the mouth
barb of a fishhook
projection in the middle of a horse's bit
projecting catch in the bolt of a lock

Derived terms

طاماقسز (damaksız, “without palate”)
طاماقلو (damaklı, “possessing a palate”)

Descendants

Turkish: damak
→ Armenian: դամաղ (damaġ), տամաղ (tamaġ), տամախ (tamax)

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1090
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “طاماق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 795
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Palatum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1234
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “damak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طاماق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1227

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