tokmak
noun C1- mallet
- doorknocker (device attached to a door, the sound of which when a visitor pounds it to the door raises attention so somebody opens the door)
- doorknob (circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door)
- a large wooden rod for pestle, used in conjunction with a large mortar of stone called dibek or havan
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of tokmak becomes ğ before a vowel: tokmağım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of tokmak becomes ğ before a vowel: tokmağında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: tokmağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of tokmak becomes ğ before a vowel: tokmağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tokmağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Elindeki baston ise kahramanın sürdüğü atın kırbacı, gıcırdayan bir kapıyı çalan tokmak ya da yaşlı bir dedenin dayandığı asa olarak hikâyenin akışına yön verir.
The cane in his hand, on the other hand, directs the flow of the story as the whip of the horse the hero rides, a knocker knocking on a creaking door, or the staff an old grandfather leans on.
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