قایناق

Ottoman Turkish

قایناق

Alternative forms

  • قاینق (kaynak), قیناق (kaynak)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kạyïnak, from *kạyïn- (to boil), the same root of قاینامق (kaynamak, to boil).

Noun

قایناق • (kaynak)

  1. spring, source, fount, a spray or body of water springing from the ground
    Synonyms: بوڭار (buñar), چشمه (çeşme), عین (ʿayn), منبع (membaʿ)
  2. buttock, each of the two large fleshy halves of the posterior part of the body
    Synonyms: آرد (ard), ادبار (edbar), دبر (dübür), مقعد (makʿad)
  3. welding, the act of joining two metals together by applying heat, pressure and filler

Derived terms

  • قایناق یری (kaynak yeri, gluteal cleft)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaynak
  • Romanian: coinac

Further reading

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