چیلك

See also: چیلک

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology
چیلك

Blend of Proto-Turkic *čiye (“cherry”) and *yegelek (“berry”).

Compare:

  1. Tatar чия (çiyä, “cherry”), Kazakh шие (şie, “cherry”), Bashkir сейә (seyə, “cherry”), Kyrgyz чие (ciye, “cherry”) etc.
  2. Tatar җиләк (ciläk, “berry”), Kazakh жидек (jidek, “berry”), Bashkir еләк (yelək, “berry”), Khakas чистек (çistek, “berry”) etc.
  3. Azerbaijani çiyələk (“strawberry”), Gagauz чилек (“strawberry”), Karachay-Balkar джилек (cilek, “strawberry”), Chagatai چیلاك (čiläk, “strawberry”), Southern Altai јиилек (ǰiilek, “strawberry”), Crimean Tatar cilek (“strawberry”), Nogai елек (yelek), йилек (yilek, “strawberry”), Karaim эгэлек (“strawberry”), Kumyk жиелек (jiyelek, “strawberry”), Armenian ելակ (elak, “strawberry”) etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tʃilɛk]

Noun

چیلك • (çilek)

  1. strawberry

Derived terms
  • آغاج چیلكی (ağac çileği, “raspberry”)

Descendants
  • Turkish: çilek
  • → Arabic: شِليك (šilēk), شِيليك (šīlēk)
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟ̰ܸܠܲܝܩܵܐ (čillayqa)
  • → Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: çîlek
    Central Kurdish: چیلەک (çîlek)
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