iğde

See also: igde

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایكده (iğde), اكده (iğde, oleaster), from Proto-Turkic *yidge (jujube, berry).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh жиде (jide), Azerbaijani iydə, Kyrgyz жийде (jiyde), Uzbek jiyda, etc.

Noun

iğde (definite accusative iğdeyi, plural iğdeler)

  1. oleaster, silverberry
  2. silverberry tree

Declension

Declension of iğde
singular plural
nominative iğde iğdeler
definite accusative iğdeyi iğdeleri
dative iğdeye iğdelere
locative iğdede iğdelerde
ablative iğdeden iğdelerden
genitive iğdenin iğdelerin

References

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jidge, *jidge-lek”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill