چیم
Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Turkic *čïm (“sod, turf; meadow”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani çim (“turf, sod”), Chagatai چيم (čim, “turf, sod”), Kazakh шым (şym, “turf, sod”) and Kyrgyz чым (cım), while Armenian ճիմ (čim) and Udi ճում (čum) are both Turkic borrowings.
Noun
editچیم • (çim)
- sod, turf, the stratum of the surface of the soil which is filled with the roots of grass
- grassplot, lawn, ground (generally around the house) covered with grass kept closely mown
- fresh-sprouted grain, any grain that has recently started to develope new growths from its seeds
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Turkish: çim
References
edit- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*čïm”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Further reading
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- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ճիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 200a
- Budagov, Lazarʹ (1869) Sravnitelʹnyj slovarʹ turecko-tatarskix narěčij [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 487a
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çim7”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 997
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 489
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 747
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editچیم • (çim)
- The Persian letter چ.
Further reading
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- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[3], Constantinople: Mihran, page 489
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 747