دنكل

See also: دنگل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *teŋgel, *deŋgil (“axle”).

Noun

دنگل • (dingil)

1. axle

Alternative forms

• دینگل (dingil), دینگیل (dingil)

Descendants

• Turkish: dingil
• → Egyptian Arabic: دنجل (dingil, dungul)
• → Armenian: տինկիլ (tinkil)

Etymology 2

A popular blend of ازگیل (ezgil, “medlar”) with the stem of دونمك (dönmek, “to turn around”), the fruit being reminiscent of round forms in several ways.

Noun

دنگل • (döngel, düngel, düngül)

1. medlar (fruit and tree)

Alternative forms

• دونگل (döngel)

Descendants

• Turkish: döngel, töngel

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دنكل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 2149
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Mespilum”, 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^[2], Vienna, column 1043