çim

See also: CIM, cim, cím, čim, čím, and çım

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish چیم, چم (çim), from Proto-Turkic *čïm (“turf, meadow”).

Noun

çim (definite accusative çimi, plural çimler)

  1. grass, turf, lawn

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish چیم (çim), from Persian [Term?].

Noun

çim (definite accusative çimi, plural çimler)

  1. The letter چ of the Persian and Ottoman Turkish alphabets.

References
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 747
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “çim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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