dikenli

Dikenli is a Turkish adjective meaning thorny, spiny, or prickly. It is formed from the noun diken, meaning thorn, with the suffix -li, which denotes a characteristic. The word is used to describe objects or beings that possess thorns or spines, either literally or metaphorically.

In everyday use, dikenli describes vegetation and landscapes with thorns, such as dikenli bitkiler (thorny plants) or dikenli çalılar (thorny shrubs). It is also commonly found in compound nouns like dikenli tel (barbed wire) and dikenli çit (thorny or barbed fence). The term is neutral and descriptive, and its exact meaning is clarified by the noun it modifies.

Dikenli can also appear in metaphorical contexts to convey difficulty or danger, for example when describing a difficult path or a challenging situation as “dikenli” to suggest obstacles or sharp edges in a non-literal sense.

See also: diken (thorn), dikenli tel (barbed wire), dikenli çit (thorny fence).