چیویت

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Ottoman Turkish

چیویت

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čüvit (“indigo”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani çiyid, Crimean Tatar чивит and Kyrgyz чивит (civit).

Noun

چیویت • (çivit) (definite accusative چیویتی (çiviti), plural چیویتلر (çivitler))

  1. indigo, a purplish-blue dye obtained from certain plants, such as the indigo plant or woad
    Synonyms: بویا چیویتی (boya çiviti), نیل (nil)
  2. indigo, any leguminous plant of the genus Indigofera, but especially Indigofera tinctoria
    Synonym: نیل (nil)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: çivit
  • → Albanian: çivit
  • → Armenian: չիվիտ (čʻivit), չվիթ (čʻvitʻ)
  • → Macedonian: чивит (čivit)
  • → Romanian: civit
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (regional)
    Cyrillic script: чѝвит
    Latin script: čìvit

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “çüwit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 395

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