آردج

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *artïč (“juniper”), from Proto-Iranian *hampr̥sā (“juniper”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ardıc, Bashkir артыш (artış), Southern Altai артыш (artïš), Tatar артыш (artış) and Tuvan артыш (artış). Doublet of ابهل (ebhül, ubhul, “juniper berry”), the same word from Arabic أَبْهُل (ʔabhul) which was borrowed from its Middle Persian descendant.

Noun

آردج • (ardıc) (definite accusative آردجی (ardıcı), plural آردجلر (ardıclar))

  1. juniper, any shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus, which is characterized by needle-like leaves and aromatic berry-like cones
    Synonym: عرعر (ʼarʼar)

Derived terms

  • آردج آغاجی (ardıc ağacı, “juniper tree”)
  • آردج تخمی (ardıc tohumu, “juniper berry”)
  • آردج صویی (ardıc suyi, “gin, hollands”)
  • آردج قطرانی (ardıc katranı, “juniper tar”)
  • آردج قوشی (ardıc kuşu, “thrush”)
  • دیكنلو آردج (dikenli ardıc, “prickly juniper”)
  • طاغ آردجی (dağ ardıcı, “sandarac tree”)
  • قره آردج (kara ardıc, “savin juniper”)
  • قزل آردج (kızıl ardıc, “common juniper”)
  • هند آردجی (hind ardıcı, “Virginian juniper”)
  • پارلاق آردج (parlak ardıc, “shining juniper”)
  • چالی آردجی (çalı ardıcı, “dwarf juniper”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: ardıç
  • → Albanian: hardhiç
  • → Armenian: արտըճ (artəč)
  • → Bulgarian: ардич (ardič), ардъч (ardǎč), аръдъч (arǎdǎč)
  • → Middle Armenian: արտուճ (artuč)

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