جیغه

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Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Compare Sanskrit शिखा (śikhā).

Noun

جیغه (jiğa)

  1. an ornament or jewel worn in the turban
  2. a crest with which a wrestler or champion is adorned

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “ճղայ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 722a
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çığa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 792a
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1029, pages 9–11
  • Eren, Hasan (1999) “çığa”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 89a
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جیغه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 382
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جغه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 365