kene

Meaning

tick (arachnid)

Concepts

mite

acarid

tick

Synonyms

sakırga

Translations

tique

Zecke

Milbe

acaro

Zeck

τσιμπούρι

acarien

acarus

zecca

qijnik

qirnî

tenbû

ricinus

mijt

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: كنه

Cognate with Azerbaijani: gənə

Cognate with Kazakh: кене

Cognate with Kyrgyz: кене

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish كنه (kene), from Proto-Turkic *kēne (“tick”). Cognate with Azerbaijani gənə, Kazakh кене (kene), Kyrgyz кене (kene), etc.