چیویت
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Kyrgyz чивит (civit), Crimean Tatar чивит, çivit … This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
چیویت • (çivit)
- indigo, Indigofera tinctoria and Indigofera gen. et spp.
- indigo dye
Descendants edit
- Turkish: çivit
- → Albanian: çivit
- → Armenian: չիվիտ (čʻivit), չվիթ (čʻvitʻ)
- → Macedonian: чивит (čivit)
- → Romanian: civit
- → Serbo-Croatian: (regional)
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çivit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیویت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 748