زیتون

See also: زيتون‎

Ottoman Turkish

زیتون

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون‎ (zaytūn, “olive”).

Noun

زیتون • (zeytun, zeytin)

  1. olive, the small oval fruit of the olive tree

Derived terms

  • زیتون آغاجی‎ (zeytun ağacı, “olive tree”)
  • زیتونجی‎ (zeytinci, “grower or seller of olives”)
  • زیتونلق‎ (zeytunluk, “olive-garden”)
  • زیتونی‎ (zeytuni, “olive-green”)
  • زیتار‎ (zeytar, “lees or dregs of oil”)
  • زیت‎ (zeyt, “olive oil”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: zeytin
  • → Bulgarian: зехти́н (zehtín, “olive oil”)
  • → Macedonian: зејтин (zejtin, “cooking oil”)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: зѐјтӣн / zèjtīn (“cooking oil”)
    • → Romanian: zăitin – Banat
  • → Ubykh: зеиҭын (zejtən)

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic زَيْتُون‎ (zaytūn).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /zajˈtun/

Noun

Dari زیتون
Iranian Persian
Tajik зайтун (zaytun)

زیتون • (zeytun)

  1. olive

Derived terms

  • زیت‎ (zeyt)
  • زیتار‎ (zeytâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون‎ (zaytūn) (through Classical Persian زیتون‎ (zeytun)).

Pronunciation

Noun

زَیتُون • (zaitūn) m (Hindi spelling ज़ैतून)

  1. olive

Declension

Declension of زیتون
singular plural
direct زیتون‎ (zaitūn) زیتون‎ (zaitūn)
oblique زیتون‎ (zaitūn) زیتونوں‎ (zaitūnō̃)
vocative زیتون‎ (zaitūn) زیتونو‎ (zaitūnō)

References

  • “زیتون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “زیتون”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “زیتون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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