قزلجق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قزیلجق (kızılcık)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قزلجق (qızılcuq). By surface analysis, قزل (kızıl, red) +‎ ـجق (-cık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

قزلجق • (kızılcık) (definite accusative قزلجقی (kızılcığı), plural قزلجقلر (kızılcıklar))

  1. cornelian cherry, cornel, the cherry-like fruit of the cornel (Cornus mas)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kızılcık
  • Armenian: խըզըլճըխ (xəzəlčəx)
  • Laz: კიზილჯუღი (ǩizilcuği)

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