قیطان
See also: قيطان
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- قایطان (kaytan), غیطان (gaytan)
Etymology
From the verb قایتمق (kaytmak, “to return, turn”) + ـان (-an, “suffix creating non-past participles”). Alternatively, compare Medieval Latin gaitanum, Greek γαϊτάνι (gaïtáni), and Arabic قِيطَان (qīṭān).
Noun
قیطان • (kaytan)
Derived terms
- قیطان اسكله (kaytan iskele, “rope ladder”)
- قیطان بیق (kaytan bıyık, “long and thin moustache”)
- قیطان یاقیسی (kaytan yakısı, “seton”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kaytan, gaytan
- → Albanian: gajtan
- → Armenian: (Nor Nakhichevan) խայթան (xaytʻan), (Karabakh) ղայթան (ġaytʻan), (Van) կայթան (kaytʻan)
- → Aromanian: gãitani / gãitane, gãitan
- → Bulgarian: гайта́н (gajtán)
- → Macedonian: гајтан (gajtan)
- → Romanian: găitan
- → Serbo-Croatian: gàjtan / га̀јтан
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508b
Persian
Etymology
Wanderwort. Compare Turkish kaytan, Arabic قِيطَان (qīṭān), Greek γαϊτάνι (gaïtáni).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /qaj.ˈtaːn/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäj.t̪ʰɑ́ːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qej.t̪ʰɒ́ːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qäj.t̪ʰɔ́n], [qi.t̪ʰɔ́n]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qaytān |
| Dari reading? | qaytān |
| Iranian reading? | ġeytân |
| Tajik reading? | qayton, qiton |
Noun
قیطان • (qaytān / ġeytân) (Tajik spelling қайтон, or қитон)
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قیطان”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “قیطان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press