τζατζίκι
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Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish جاجیگ (cacıg), جاجیك (cacık).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
τζατζίκι • (tzatzíki) n (plural τζατζίκια)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) | τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia) |
| genitive | τζατζικιού (tzatzikioú) | τζατζικιών (tzatzikión) |
| accusative | τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) | τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia) |
| vocative | τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) | τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia) |
Descendants
- → Czech: tzatziki
- → English: tzatziki
- → Finnish: tsatsiki
- → German: Zaziki, Tsatsiki
- → Macedonian: ѕаѕи́ки (dzadzíki)
- → Polish: tzatziki
- → Russian: цаци́ки (cacíki), дзадзи́ки (dzadzíki), тцатци́ки (tcatcíki)
- → Swedish: tzatziki, tsatsiki
References
- ^ Κουκκίδης, Κωνσταντίνος (1960) “τζατζίκι”, in Λεξιλόγιον ελληνικών λέξεων παραγομένων εκ της τουρκικής [Vocabulary of Greek words derived from Turkish] (in Greek), Athens: Εταιρεία Θρακικών Μελετών, page 94b
Further reading
τζατζίκι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
