ازگیل
Ottoman Turkish
ازگیل
Etymology
From Persian ازگیل (azgil).
Noun
اَزگیل • (ezgil)
- medlar
- Synonyms: دنگل (döngel), مشمله (muşmula), یڭی دنیا (yeñi dünya)
Descendants
- Turkish: ezgil
- →⇒ Arabic: إِسْكِدُنْيَا (ʾiskidunyā), إِسْكِيدُنْيَا (ʾiskīdunyā), إِكِّدُنْيَا (ʾikkidunyā), أَكِدُنْيَا (ʾakidunyā), إِيكِّيدُنْيَا (ʾīkkīdunyā), إِكِّيدُنْيَا (ʾikkīdunyā)
Persian
Alternative forms
ازگیل
- اژگیل (ažgil)
Etymology
The origin is unknown. Possibly connected with Georgian ასკილი (asḳili, “dog rose”) and Middle Armenian զկեռ (zkeṙ, “medlar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /azˈɡiːl/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /azˈɡiːl/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /æzˈɡiːl/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /azˈɡil/
Noun
ازگیل • (azgil)
- medlar
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: əzgil
- → Lak: азгил (azgil)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ازگیل (ezgil)
- Turkish: ezgil
- →⇒ Arabic: إِسْكِدُنْيَا (ʾiskidunyā), إِسْكِيدُنْيَا (ʾiskīdunyā), إِكِّدُنْيَا (ʾikkidunyā), أَكِدُنْيَا (ʾakidunyā), إِيكِّيدُنْيَا (ʾīkkīdunyā), إِكِّيدُنْيَا (ʾikkīdunyā)
Further reading
- Bläsing, Uwe (2019), “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 20–21
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 260
- Pallas, Peter Simon (1784), “Mespilus germanica”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 29, recorded as asgyll