خانق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic خَانِق (ḵāniq).

Adjective

خانق • (hanık)

  1. choking, strangling, suffocating, stifling, that chokes, strangles, or suffocates
    Synonym: بوغان (boğan)

Derived terms

  • خانق الذنب (hanıküʼl-zeneb, monkshood)
  • خانق الكلب (hanıküʼl-kelb, dogsbane)
  • خانق النمر (hanıküʼl-nemir, Indian aconite)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hanık

Further reading

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