ایكده

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • اگده (iğde)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yidge (“jujube”); cognate with Azerbaijani iydə, Bashkir еләк (yelək), Chuvash ҫырла (śyrla), Kazakh жидек (jidek), Kyrgyz жийде (jiyde), Tatar җиләк (ciläk), Turkmen igde and Uzbek jiyda.

Noun

ایگده • (iğde) (definite accusative ایگده‌یی (iğdeyi), plural ایگده‌لر (iğdeler))

  1. jujube, the sweet and edible fruits of several trees in the genus Zizyphus
    Synonym: عناب (ʼunnâb)

Derived terms

  • ایگده آغاجی (iğde ağacı, “jujube tree”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: iğde
  • → Armenian: իկտէ (iktē), իյտէ (iytē)

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