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Ümumi Yığıncagın
elastik taxma
May 29, 2012 08:54
11 yrs ago
Azerbaijani term

dühen yaq

Azerbaijani to English Tech/Engineering Mechanics / Mech Engineering
Hopefully somebody can assist me. I am translating a Turkish ship's log book but I think that the the entries have been made by an Azeri, and some Azeri terms are being used that do not exist in the Turkish of Turkey. I find that the phrase 'dühen yaq' occurs quite frequently. I have come to the conclusion that this means 'lubricating oil', but I would be grateful if somebody could confirm or deny this, as the case may be.
Proposed translations (English)
4 not Azeri term

Discussion

Tim Drayton (asker) May 29, 2012:
dümen yağı I am beginning to think that this is a mispelling of 'dümen yağı', although it is odd that the chief engineer on a Turkish ship cannot write this correctly, even if Turkish is not his native language!
Tim Drayton (asker) May 29, 2012:
Found the answer. I have found the answer to that here:
http://bakiyag.az/
Thanks. I think we can conclude that the writer is not an Azeri.
Tim Drayton (asker) May 29, 2012:
Thanks Yes, I actually tracked that link down; this is how I guessed that it means lubricating oil. In the entries that I am translating, the letter 'ğ' is always replaced by 'q'. So that is not a feature of Azeri, then?
Payiz May 29, 2012:
arabic word I found that this "duhen" could be Arabic word. Here is the link where there is some explanations what "duhen" stands for:

"Dühen) yaprak ve hububattan çıkarılan yağdır. Yenecek yağa (semn) ve gül yağı gibi sürünecek yağlara da (dühen) denir."
http://www.incemeseleler.com/nimet-i-slam/1390-gasl-yikama-i...

According to this source the "duhen" is lubricating oil. But you can check it from Arabist as well.
Payiz May 29, 2012:
your question Mostly Azeri speaking people live in Georgia. I mean speakers of Turkic language. I can only say that "yaq" within the term above sounds like "yağ" (oil) in Azeri. But "dühen" is definitely not Azeri. I can not also guess anything different from this "duhen" in terms of the possibility of any spelling errors.
Tim Drayton (asker) May 29, 2012:
Dear Payiz Thanks for your assistance. I know that this person's home address is in Georgia. Which Turkic languages are most commonly spoken there?

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not Azeri term

it is not an Azeri term. maybe Turkmen?
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks. This at least helped me to elminate Azeri as a possible source."
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