قزلجق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Attested around the end of the 14th century in the Dede Korkut. Equivalent to قزل (kızıl, “red”) +‎ ـجق (-cık, diminutive suffix).

Noun

قزلجق • (kızılcık)

1. cornelian cherry, cornel (fruit)

Derived terms

• قزلجق آغاجی (“dogwood; Cornus mas”)

Descendants

• Turkish: kızılcık
• → Armenian: խըզըլճըխ (xəzəlčəx)
• → Laz: კიზილჯუღი (ǩizilcuği)

See also

• قرانیا (karaniya)

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kızılcık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2661
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kızılcık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قزلجق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 959
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قزلجق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1452