See also: چشمہ

Ottoman Turkish edit

 
چشمه

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian چشمه (češme, čašme, spring, source).

Noun edit

چشمه (çeşma, çeşme)

  1. fountain, an ornamental water feature usually situated in a garden or public place
  2. spring, source, fount, a spray or body of water springing from the ground
    Synonyms: بوڭار (buñar), عین (ʿayn), قایناق (kaynak), منبع (membaʿ)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: çeşme
  • Bulgarian: чешма (češma)
  • Libyan Arabic: شيشمة (šīšma)
  • Macedonian: чешма (češma)
  • Romanian: cișmea
 
Çeşme district

Proper noun edit

چشمه (Çeşme)

  1. Çeşme (a town and district in Izmir province, Turkey)

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Further reading edit

Persian edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [script needed] (čšmk' /⁠čašmag⁠/, spring, source), from [script needed] (čšm /⁠čašm⁠/, eye) + [script needed] (-k' /⁠-ag⁠/),[1] equivalent to modern چشم (čašm, eye) +‎ ـه (-e).

A relation between eye and spring seems to be common in the area. Compare Baluchi چمگ (cammag, spring, source) from چم (camm, eye), Gilaki چمار (čumâr, spring) from چم (čum, eye), Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, spring, eye), and Old Armenian ակն (akn, eye, spring).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? čašma
Dari reading? čašma
Iranian reading? češma, čašme
Tajik reading? čašma
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Noun edit

Dari چَشمَه
Iranian Persian چِشمِه
Tajik чашма

چِشمِه (češme) (plural چِشمِه‌ها (češme-hâ))

  1. spring (water source)
  2. source

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References edit

  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čšmk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 21