كیجه

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Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kēče (night, evening, yesterday).

Noun

كیجه (gejä)

  1. night
    کیجه کندوزgejä gündüzday and night
    • XIIIth century [from a XVth century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 7:
      عبادت‌ قل حقیچون کیجه کندوز
      عبادت‌در بلور‌سك کنج پنهان
      ‘Ibādät qïl Ḥaq ičün gejä, gündüz!
      ‘Ibādätdür, bilürseŋ , gänj-i pinhān.
           Worship God both night and day!
           Worship is, you know, a hidden treasure.

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: gecə
  • Ottoman Turkish: گیجه (gece)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Anatolian Turkish كیجه (gejä, night), from Proto-Turkic *kēče (night, evening).

Noun

گیجه (gece)

  1. night
  2. evening

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كیجه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4110