τζατζίκι

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Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جاجیگ (cacıg), جاجیك (cacık).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

τζατζίκι • (tzatzíki) n (plural τζατζίκια)

  1. tzatziki

Declension

Declension of τζατζίκι
singular plural
nominative τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia)
genitive τζατζικιού (tzatzikioú) τζατζικιών (tzatzikión)
accusative τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia)
vocative τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) τζατζίκια (tzatzíkia)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ 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

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