زیتون
See also: زيتون
Ottoman Turkish
زیتون
Alternative forms
- زیتین (zeytin)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”).
Noun
زیتون • (zeytun, zeytin)
- olive, the small oval fruit of the olive tree
Derived terms
- زیتون آغاجی (zeytun ağacı, “olive tree”)
- زیتونجی (zeytinci, “grower or seller of olives”)
- زیتونلق (zeytunluk, “olive-garden”)
- زیتونی (zeytuni, “olive-green”)
Related terms
- زیت (zeyt, “olive oil”)
- زیتار (zeytar, “lees or dregs of oil”)
Descendants
- Turkish: zeytin
- → Bulgarian: зехти́н (zehtín, “olive oil”)
- → Macedonian: зејтин (zejtin, “cooking oil”)
- → Serbo-Croatian: зѐјтӣн / zèjtīn (“cooking oil”)
- → Romanian: zăitin – Banat
- → Ubykh: зеиҭын (zejtən)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zeytin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5465
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “زیتون”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 653
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Olea”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1199
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “زیتون”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2497
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “zeytin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “زیتون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1022
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /zajˈtuːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /zajˈtuːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /zejˈtuːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /zajˈtun/
Noun
| Dari | زیتون |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | зайтун (zaytun) |
زیتون • (zeytun)
- olive
Derived terms
- زیتونی (zeytuni)
Related terms
- زیت (zeyt)
- زیتار (zeytâr)
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).
Noun
زَیْتُوْن • (zaitūn) m (Hindi spelling ज़ैतून)
- olive