roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun
çekim: çoğul chignons
eş: tignon
köken: Spelled chaengnon around the 12th century with the meaning of nape; same Latin root as chaîne, i.e. catēna, perhaps via reconstructed Vulgar Latin *catēniōnem. The evolution of the meaning from “chain” to “nape” is unclear: a chain of bones (see Czech páteř for a similar evolution) or metonymical, where a chain would rest (see col, collier). The modern sense dates back from the middle of the 18th…
a sphere; a ball, globe or bulb · a head; one's brains · a scoop (of ice etc.)
çekim: çoğul bollen
eş: bal, kloot, kogel, sfeer
köken: From Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).
a bun, a small bread roll · a ball-shaped or thick round piece (of some (ground-up or shredded) food) · a taxi, a cab
çekim: çoğul bullar · tamlayan bulles
köken: From Old Swedish bulle (“small round drinking cup”), from Old Norse bolli. See also bolle. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell up; round object”). Possible doublet of boll, bula, and bål. See also bälg and bölja for an extended form of the root.