جاجیگ
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- جاجیك (cacık)
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Iranian, compare Classical Persian ژاژ (žāž, “ziziphora; wild thyme”), Northern Kurdish jaj (“an edible herb, caraway”).[1] Note also Armenian ժաժիկ (žažik, “a cheese-like substance”).
Noun[edit]
جاجیگ • (cacıg)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: cacık
- → Armenian: ճաճըխ (čačəx), ջաջըխ (ǰaǰəx), ջաջխ (ǰaǰx), ջաջըղ (ǰaǰəġ)
- → Azerbaijani: cacıq
- → Greek: τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) (see there for further descendants)
- → Iraqi Arabic: جاجيك (jajīk)
- Lishán Didán: žaži, ז׳אז׳י, ז׳ז׳י, jaji, ג׳אג׳י, ג׳ג׳י
- Lishana Deni: גׄאגׄיכ (jājik)
- → Ladino: djadjik
- → Northern Kurdish: caciq, cacix
References[edit]
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cacık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 739a
- Eren, Hasan (1999) “cacık”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 67a