چیزمه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From چیزـ (çiz-, to line, draw, sketch) +‎ ـمه (-me). Other Turkic languages have چكمه (çekme), from چكمك (çekmek, to pull) in this sense, like Azerbaijani çəkmə from çəkmək.

Noun

چیزمه • (çizme) (definite accusative چیزمه‌یی (çizmeyi), plural چیزمه‌لر (çizmeler))

  1. verbal noun of چیزمك (çizmek):
    1. boot, a heavy shoe that mainly covers the foot and the ankle, while some also extend up the leg
      Synonym: موزه (muze)

Derived terms

  • آخور چیزمه‌سی (ahur çizmesi, horserider's boot)
  • اینجه چیزمه (ince çizme, bottine, small boot)
  • صاری چیزمه (sarı çizme, luxury good, literally yellow boot)
  • چیزمه ایله تنوره كیرمك (çizme ile tennura girmek, to act in a boorish manner, literally to get into a tandoor with boots on)
  • چیزمه قالبی (çizme kalıbı, boottree)
  • چیزمه كییمك (çizme giymek, to wear boots)
  • چیزمه چكه‌جكی (çizme çekeceği, bootjack)
  • چیزمه چیقارمق (çizme çıkarmak, to remove the boots)
  • چیزمه‌جی (çizmeci, bootmaker)
  • چیزمه‌سز (çizmesiz, bootless)
  • چیزمه‌لی (çizmeli, wearing boots)

Descendants

  • Turkish: çizme
  • Albanian: çizme
  • Arabic:
    Egyptian Arabic: جزمة (gazma)
    Hijazi Arabic: جزمة (jazma)
  • Armenian: ճիզմե (čizme), ջըզմա̈ (ǰəzmä)
  • Bulgarian: чи́зма (čízma)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: cizme, cezme
    Central Kurdish: چِزمە (çizme)
  • Macedonian: чизма (čizma)
  • Persian: چزمه (čezme)
  • Serbo-Croatian: чи̏зма / čȉzma, čižma

Further reading