çiğdem

See also: Çiğdem

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چیكدام (çiğdâm, çiğdem), from Proto-Turkic *čigdem (“crocus”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃiːˈdem/

Noun

çiğdem (definite accusative çiğdemi, plural çiğdemler)

  1. crocus, a flowering plant in the genus Crocus, from which saffron is obtained
    Synonym: mahmur çiçeği
  2. (chiefly Aegean) sunflower seeds, especially if roasted and eaten as a snack

Declension

Declension of çiğdem
singular plural
nominative çiğdem çiğdemler
definite accusative çiğdemi çiğdemleri
dative çiğdeme çiğdemlere
locative çiğdemde çiğdemlerde
ablative çiğdemden çiğdemlerden
genitive çiğdemin çiğdemlerin

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972), “çigdem”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 414

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