قیصی
Khalaj edit
Noun edit
قَیصی (qəysi) (definite accusative قَیصینی, plural قَیصیلَر)
Declension edit
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic قَيْسِي (qaysī, “an apricot cultivar with large size”), related to Arabic قَيْس (qays, “measurement, comparison”). Alternatively, has been suggested to originate from the placename قیصری (Kayseri), in the sense of "fruit produced in Kayseri".
Noun edit
قیصی • (kaysi, kayısı)
- apricot (fresh fruit)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: kayısı
- → Albanian: kajsi
- → Armenian: խայիսի (xayisi), կա̈յսիր (käysir)
- → Bulgarian: кайси́я (kajsíja)
- → Greek: καΐσι (kaḯsi), καϊσί (kaïsí)
- → Ladino: kayisi
- → Macedonian: кајсија (kajsija)
- → Persian: قیصی (qeysi)
- → Romanian: caisă
- → Serbo-Croatian:
See also edit
- زردالو (zerdalu, zerdali, “dried apricot”)
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قایسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1428
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قایسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 940
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kayısı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kaysi, kayısı).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [qaj.ˈsiː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qej.síː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qäj.sí]
Readings | |
---|---|
Classical reading? | qaysī |
Dari reading? | qaysī |
Iranian reading? | ğeysi |
Tajik reading? | qaysī |
Noun edit
قیصی • (qeysi)
Descendants edit
- → Khalaj: qəysi