çini

See also: cini and -cini

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Persian چینی (“Chinese”). By surface analysis, Çin +‎ i.

Noun

çini

1. (Gadabay, Kalbajar) synonym of nəlbəki (“saucer”)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of nəlbəki (“saucer”)
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Regional	Group	Subgroup	Location	Words
North Azerbaijani	Standard North Azerbaijani			nəlbəki
	Eastern		Quba	buşğab
			Salyan	ləmbəki
			Yardymli	zir
	Western	Qazakh-Tovuz	Qazakh	bölməki
			Tovuz	zir
		Central	Gadabay	çini
			Kalbajar	çini
			Jabrayil	ləmbəki
			Agjabedi	zir
	Southern		Nakhchivan	zir
			Ordubad	zir
			Sharur	zir
South Azerbaijani	Ardabil			zir

Further reading

• “çini” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

çini

1. china (ceramic or porcelain)

Declension

Declension of çini

nominative	çini
genitive	çininiñ
dative	çinige
accusative	çinini
locative	çinide
ablative	çiniden

Adjective

çini

1. china (made of china, ceramic)

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish چینی (çini), from Persian چینی (čini).

Noun

çini (definite accusative çinini, plural çiniler)

1. faience