جاجیك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

جاجیگ or جاجیك • (cacıg or cacık)

  1. a type of edible herb
  2. an herb salad with yogurt, tzatziki

Descendants

  • 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), ז׳ז׳יכ (žažik)
  • → Ladino: djadjik
  • → Northern Kurdish: cacix (perhaps a reborrowing)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cacık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

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