پختی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پختی (puxtī́, gelatin, jelly), a derivation from the verb پختن (poxtan, to cook, broil, ripen).

Noun

پختی • (puhtı or pıhtı)

  1. jelly, an elastic dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring
  2. clot, curd, a solidified mass of any liquid and the final product of coagulation

Derived terms

  • دكز پختیسی (deñiz pıhtısı, jellyfish)
  • قان پختیسی (kan pıhtısı, blood clot)
  • پختیلاشمق (pıhtılaşmak, to clot, coagulate)
  • پختیلانمق (pıhtılanmak, to clot, coagulate)
  • پختیواری (pıhtıvarı, jelly-like; coagulated)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pıhtı
  • Macedonian: пивтија (pivtija)

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