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 knot, bun (of hair), skein · the top or crest (with messy branches) of certain woody plants, notably willows · a flax seed box
çekim: çoğul knotten
köken: From Middle Dutch cnudde, Old Dutch *knotto, from Proto-Germanic *knuttan-, *knuttô. Related to knod, English knot, West Frisian knotte, Middle High German Knotze, German Knoten, Danish knude, Norwegian knute, Swedish knut, etc.
wheel or crown made of cloth or straw which is used as a cushion in between the head and a load · a cushion used to protect the head and neck of oxen when joked · a similarly formed wheel of straw used as weight on top of a haystack, or as a cushion for placing objects on an irregular surface
çekim: çoğul rodelas
köken: From Late Latin rotella (“little wheel”). Cognate with Portuguese rodela and Spanish rodilla.