جاجیگ

جاجیگ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• جاجیك‎ (cacık)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Iranian, compare Classical Persian ژاژ‎ (žāž, “ziziphora; wild thyme”), Kurdish jaj (“an edible herb, caraway”).[1] Note also Armenian ժաժիկ (žažik, “a cheese-like substance”).

Noun

جاجیگ • (cacıg)

1. a type of edible herb
2. an herb salad with yogurt, tzatziki

Borrowed terms

• Arabic:

  Iraqi Arabic: جاجيك‎ (jajīk)

• Armenian: ճաճըխ (čačəx), ջաջըխ (ǰaǰəx), ջաջխ (ǰaǰx), ջաջըղ (ǰaǰəł)
• Azerbaijani: cacıq
• Greek: τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) (see there for further descendants)
• Kurdish: caciq, cacix

Descendants

• Turkish: cacık

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “cacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 739a
• Eren, Hasan (1999), “cacık”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 67a

References

1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “cacık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük