چشمه

See also: چشمہ‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian چشمه‎ (češme, čašme).

Noun

چشمه • (çeşma, çeşme)

  1. fountain
  2. spring
  3. source

Descendants
  • Turkish: çeşme
  • → Libyan Arabic: شيشمة‎ (šīšma)
  • → Bulgarian: чешма (češma)
  • → Macedonian: чешма (češma)
  • → Romanian: cișmea

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (čšmk' /čašmag/, “spring, source”), from [script needed] (čšm /čašm/, “eye”) + [script needed] (-k' /-ag/),[1] equivalent to modern چشم‎ (čašm, “eye”) +‎ ـه‎ (-e).

A relation between eye and spring seems to be common in the area. Compare Baluchi چمگ‎ (cammag, “spring, source”) from چم‎ (camm, “eye”), Gilaki چمار‎ (čumâr, “spring”) from چم‎ (čum, “eye”), Arabic عَيْن‎ (ʕayn, “spring, eye”), and Old Armenian ակն (akn, “eye, spring”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /t͡ʃaʃˈma/

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Noun
Dari چَشمَه
Iranian Persian چِشمِه
Tajik чашма (čašma)

چِشمِه • (češme) (plural چِشمِه‌ها‎ (češme-hâ))

  1. spring (water source)
  2. source

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “čšmk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 21
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