جاجیگ

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

جاجیك (cacık)

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Iranian, compare Classical Persian (žāž, “ziziphora; wild thyme”), Northern Kurdish jaj (“an edible herb, caraway”).[1] Note also Armenian ժաժիկ (žažik, “a cheese-like substance”).

Noun

جاجیگ • (cacıg)

a type of edible herb
an herb salad with yogurt, tzatziki

Descendants

Turkish: cacık
→ Armenian: ճաճըխ (čačəx), ջաջըխ (ǰaǰəx), ջաջխ (ǰaǰx), ջաջըղ (ǰaǰəġ)
→ Azerbaijani: cacıq
→ Greek: τζατζίκι (tzatzíki) (see there for further descendants)
→ Iraqi Arabic: جاجيك (jajīk)
Lishán Didán: žaži, ז׳אז׳י, ז׳ז׳י, jaji, ג׳אג׳י, ג׳ג׳י
→ Ladino: djadjik
→ Northern Kurdish: caciq, cacix

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cacık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cacık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 739a
Eren, Hasan (1999) “cacık”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 67a

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