sand, beach (sandy layer of soil along a waterside or riverbed) · arena (the place of combat strewn with sand in the amphitheatre) · sand, stone (a granular deposit in an organ)
çekim: çoğul fövenyek
köken: Probably from a bound root of unknown origin. The ending is -ny (noun-forming suffix). Compare kemény. Sense 2 is based on arena (“sand; arena in the amphitheatre”). For sense 3 compare vesehomok (“kidney stone”) which was earlier veseföveny.
From Middle High German tripsant, trybsand (both Central German, 14th c.). Like all High German attestations before the 16th century, these seem to be equivalent to modern Trieb + Sand, which is notable because Middle High German trip was commonly used of the driving of livestock only. Hence, possibly from Middle Low German drifsant (15th c., could be drīfsant), dryffsandt (16th c.), from…