tırnak

From Proto-Turkic *tïrŋa-k (“finger-nail, claw”).

tırnak

1. fingernail.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Ottoman Turkish طرناق (tırnak, “nail, claw”), from Proto-Turkic *tïrŋa-k (“finger-nail, claw”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (tïrŋaq, “fingernail”), Kazakh тырнақ (tyrnaq), Kyrgyz тырмак (tırmak), Uzbek tirnoq, Uyghur تىرناق (tirnaq) ,Crimean Tatar tırnaq, Turkmen dyrnak, Tuvan дыргак (dırgak) and Yakut тыҥырах (tıñıraq, “fingernail, claw”).

• IPA^(key): /tɯɾˈnak/
• Hyphenation: tır‧nak

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tırnak (definite accusative tırnağı, plural tırnaklar)

1. nail (on fingers and toes)
2. claw, hoof
3. quote, quotation mark

• tırnakçı (“pickpocket; thief”)
• tırnak makası

  (idiomatic expressions)

• tepeden tırnağa (head to toe)
• '-in tırnağı bile olamamak (not hold a stick to ; not fit to hold a candle to)