wink

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. An act of winking (a blinking of only one eye), or a message sent by winking.
2. A brief period of sleep; especially forty winks.
3. A brief time; an instant.
4. The smallest possible amount.
5. A subtle allusion.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To close one's eyes in sleep.
2. (intransitive) To close one's eyes.
3. (intransitive) Usually followed by at: to look the other way, to turn a blind eye.
4. (intransitive) To close one's eyes quickly and involuntarily; to blink.
5. (intransitive, transitive) To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion, usually with an implication of conspiracy. (When transitive, the object may be the eye being winked, or the message being conveyed.)
6. (intransitive) To gleam fitfully or intermitently; to twinkle; to flicker.

Têgeh

تروکاندن

Hevwate

blink

twinkle

flash

flicker

nictitate

twinkling

nictate

winking

instant

close

blinking

nictitation

squint

trice

winkle

glimmer

eye blink

blink of an eye

shimmer

heartbeat

💓

nod

scintillate

eye-wink

nictation

blink away

glint

split second

sparkle

❇️

sign

shut one eye

New York minute

inkling

hint

jiffy

bat

🦇

hint given by eyes

beckon

connive

dance

💃

flare

flutter

gleam

glisten

glitter

glow

gutter

instantaneousness

moment

occult

one-eyed

Werger

zwinkern

blinzeln

parpadear

guiñar

😉

pestañear

cligner

guiño

😉

sbattere le ciglia

ciller

ammiccare

😉

Zwinkern

knipogen

😉

mit dem Auge zwinkern

einen Augenwink machen

αναβοσβήνω

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈwɪŋk/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: wynken

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: wincian

Hevwate bi Middle Low German: winken

Hevwate bi almanî: winken

Hevwate bi Saterfriesisch: wäänke

Hevwate bi holendî: wenken

Hevwate bi latînî: vacillare

Hevwate bi lîtwanî: véngti

Hevwate bi elbanî: vang

Hevwate bi sanskrîtî: वङ्गति

In summary

From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).