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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Iranian, compare Classical Persian ژاژ (žāž, “ziziphora; wild thyme”), Northern Kurdish jaj (“an edible herb, caraway”).[1] Note also Armenian ժաժիկ (žažik, “a cheese-like substance”).
Noun
جاجیگ or جاجیك • (cacıg or cacık)
- a type of edible herb
- an herb salad with yogurt, tzatziki
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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), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 67a