قیطان

See also: قيطان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

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)

  1. Decorative cord or braid of cotton or silk used for trimming.
    Synonym: قوردون (kordon)

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

Persian

Etymology

Wanderwort. Compare Turkish kaytan, Arabic قِيطَان (qīṭān), Greek γαϊτάνι (gaïtáni).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qaytān
Dari reading? qaytān
Iranian reading? ġeytân
Tajik reading? qayton, qiton

Noun

قیطان • (qaytān / ġeytân) (Tajik spelling қайтон, or қитон)

  1. braid, lace (such as ones embroidered on the hems of robes)

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