# ایكنه
## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* اكنه (iğne)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *(y)igne (“needle”); cognate with Azerbaijani iynə, Bashkir энә (enə), Chuvash йӗп (jĕp), Crimean Tatar iyne, Kazakh ине (ine), Kyrgyz ийне (iyne), Turkmen iňňe, Uyghur يىڭنە (yingne) and Uzbek igna.

### Noun

ایكنه • (iğne) (definite accusative ایكنه‌یی (iğneyi), plural ایكنه‌لر (iğneler))
* needle, a long, thin and sharp implement used in sewing, knitting and embroidery
    Synonyms: ابره (ibre), سوزن (suzen)
* pin, a needle without an eye typically used for fastening objects or fabrics together
    Synonyms: ابره (ibre), سوزن (suzen), طوپلی ایكنه (toplu iğne)
* thorn, prickle, prick, spicule, any small, sharp and pointed object, similar to a needle
* stinger, sting, a pointed portion of an insect, arachnid, or arthropods used for attack
    Synonym: ابره (ibre)
* fishhook, angle, fishing hook, a barbed hook, usually made of metal, used for fishing
    Synonyms: بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi), زوقه (zoka)
* style, gnomon, pointer, any needlelike component of a timepiece or measuring device
* (nautical) pintle, a pin or bolt, usually vertical, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge
    Synonym: دومن ایكنه‌سی (dümen iğnesi)

#### Derived terms

* الماس ایكنه (elmas iğne, “pin ornamented with diamonds”)
* اولته ایكنه‌سی (olta iğnesi, “point of a hook”)
* ایكنه آردی (iğne ardı, “backstitch”)
* ایكنه آطه (iğne ada, “İğneada, a town in Turkey”)
* ایكنه ایپلك (iğne iplik, “skin and bones”, literally “needle and thread”)
* ایكنه دلیكی (iğne deliği, “eye of a needle”)
* ایكنه قولاغی (iğne kulağı, “eye of a needle”)
* ایكنه كوزی (iğne gözü, “eye of a needle”)
* ایكنه یاصدغی (iğne yasdığı, “pincushion”)
* ایكنه یوردیسی (iğne yurdusu, “eye of a needle”)
* ایكنه‌جك (iğnecik, “small needle or pin”)
* ایكنه‌جی (iğneci, “maker or seller of needles”)
* ایكنه‌دان (iğnedan, “needlecase”)
* ایكنه‌لتمك (iğneletmek, “to prick with needles”)
* ایكنه‌لك (iğnelik, “needlecase”)
* ایكنه‌لمك (iğnelemek, “to fix with a pin or needle”)
* ایكنه‌لنمك (iğnelenmek, “to be fixed with a pin or needle”)
* ایكنه‌لو (iğneli, “furnished with needles or pins”)
* بالق ایكنه‌سی (balık iğnesi, “fishhook”)
* دومن ایكنه‌سی (dümen iğnesi, “pintle of a rudder”)
* دیكیش ایكنه‌سی (dikiş iğnesi, “sewing needle”)
* شیش ایكنه (şiş iğne, “knitting or netting needle”)
* طاماقلو ایكنه (damaklı iğne, “fishhook”)
* طوپلی ایكنه (toplu iğne, “pin”)
* قره ایكنه (kara iğne, “compass needle”)
* پول ایكنه‌سی (pul iğnesi, “spangle-needle”)
* یورغان ایكنه‌سی (yorğan iğnesi, “large needle for quilts”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: iğne
* → Armenian: իյնէ (iynē)
* → Laz: იგნე (igne)

### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “ایكنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 232
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iğne”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2104
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “ایكنه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 94b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ایكنه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 222
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Acus”, 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 16
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “اكنه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 361
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iğne”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ایكنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 302