Persian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unknown; presumably related to زویج (zevij, zavij), زونیج (zevanij), زونج (zevanj, sausage). Nişanyan argues a Turkic origin, see more in sucuk.[1]

Noun edit

زیجک (zijak)[1]

  1. food made from animal intestines, sausages

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زیجك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul