tokmak

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوقماق (tokmak).

tòkmak m inan (Cyrillic spelling то̀кмак)

1. sledgehammer, mallet
2. mace
3. blockhead, sot, dunderpate

• “tokmak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “то̀кмак”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 231

From Ottoman Turkish طوقماق (tokmak), from Proto-Turkic.

• IPA^(key): /tɔkmɑk/

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tokmak (definite accusative tokmağı, plural tokmaklar)

1. mallet
2. 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)
3. doorknob (circular device attached to a door, the rotation of which permits the unlatching of a door)
4. a large wooden rod for pestle, used in conjunction with a large mortar of stone called dibek or havan

• çekiç (“hammer”)
• balyoz (“sledgehammer”)