çim

See also: CIM, cim, cím, čim, čím, and çım

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish چیم, چم (çim), from Proto-Turkic *čïm (“turf, meadow”).

Noun

çim (definite accusative çimi, plural çimler)

1. grass, turf, lawn

Related terms

• çimen
• çemen

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish چیم (çim), from Persian [Term?].

Noun

çim (definite accusative çimi, plural çimler)

1. The letter چ of the Persian and Ottoman Turkish alphabets.

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 747
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN