sicim
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish سجیم (sicim, “string, cord, twine”)[1] (alternative forms; سجم, سیجیم), possibly from Classical Mongolian ᠰᠢᠴᠢᠮ (sičim, “rope”) but this is not certain.[2] Cognates with Azerbaijani sicim, Karachay-Balkar джиджим (cicim), Karakalpak şıjım, Nogai şıjım.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsicim (definite accusative sicimi, plural sicimler)
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سجیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1042
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sicim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “sicim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu