𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰸
sı:nuk
Meaning:
broken
The word originally denotes something physically broken but also acquired ‘defeated, broken in spirit’.
Word family
Formed from 𐰽𐰃𐰣- [sı:n-] “to break (intr.), to be broken” using -(u)k⁴.
The common suffix -(u)k2 forms nominals from verbs. The derived nominal usually denotes the subject of an intransitive verb or the object of a transitive verb; it less often denotes the action or event itself.
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𐰽𐰃-
sı:-
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𐰽𐰃𐰣-
sı:n-
-(ı)n⁴ (reflexive)
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𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰸
sı:nuk
-(u)k⁴
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𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰸
sı:nuk
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𐰽𐰃𐰣-
sı:n-
In modern languages (8 / 22)
Select a region to see the cognate.
| Language | Cognate |
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| Turkmen | sȳnyk |
| Turkish (Azerbaijan) | sınıq |
| Turkish (Türkiye) | sınık |
| Salar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Gagauz | sınık |
| Crimean | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Uyghur | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Uzbek | siniq |
| Kazakh | sınıq |
| Nogai | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Siberian Tatar | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kyrgyz | sınık |
| Altai | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Alan | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Kumyk | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Tatar | sınık |
| Bashkir | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Tıva | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Khakas | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Khalaj | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
| Chuvash | No cognate has been entered for this language yet. |
Examples
Translations
German:
gebrochen
Russian:
сломанный
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
sınıq
Turkish (Türkiye):
sınık
Bibliography 1
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Gerard Clauson (1972) An etimological dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish837837
D sınuk (sı:nuk) Pass. N./A.S. fr. sın-; ‘broken’, originally in a physical sense, later also metaph. ‘defeated, broken (in spirit)’, and the like. S.i.a.m.l.g., usually as sınık, but SE Türki sunuk: SW Tkm. sı:nık. Türkü viii ff. IrkB 48 (sap-): Uyğ. viii ff. Civ. USp. 98, 15 (anuk): Xak. xi sıŋuk (sic) ne:ŋ ‘something broken’ (al-maksūr): the Oğuz call it sınuk without the ğunna (ŋ) and their form is regular (al-qiyās lahum), because it is derived fr. sındı:, inkasara, and there is no ğunna in its Verb Kaş. III 365 (sıŋuk, otherwise unknown, might be a crasis of *sınğuk, a cognate form w. Suff. -ğuk): KB 1858 (buzuk): xiii(?) Tef. sınuk ‘broken’ 272: xiv Muh. al-maksūr (opposite to ‘entire’ bü:tün) sınuk Mel. 55, 1; sı:nuk Rif. 152 (and 191): Oğuz xi see Xak.: Xwar. xiv sınuk ‘broken’ (e.g. of the heart) Qutb 165; Nahc. 433, 1: Kom. xiv ditto CCI; Gr.: Kıp. xiii al-maksūr (opposite to ‘entire’ bütün) sınuk Hou. 27, 2: xiv ditto İd. 54: xv maksūr şınık Tuh. 34b. 7; 48b. 7: Osm. xiv ff. sınuk (rare)/sınık (1) ‘broken’; (2) (rarely) ‘defeated’; c.i.a.p. TTS I 623; II 819; III 622; IV 686.
