دارچین

Azerbaijani

Noun

دارچین (darçın) (definite accusative دارچینی (darçını), plural دارچینلار (darçınlar))

  1. Arabic spelling of darçın (cinnamon)

Declension

Central Kurdish

Noun

دارچین (darçîn)

  1. cinnamon

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

  • Borrowed from Persian دارچین (dârčin, cinnamon), from Middle Persian *dār-i-čēnīk (literally Chinese tree).

    Noun

    دارچین • (darçın, tarçın)

    1. cinnamon, a spice from the dried bark of several trees of the genus Cinnamomum

    Derived terms

    • دارچین آغاجی (darçın ağacı, cinnamon tree)
    • دارچین صویی (darçın suyu, distilled cinnamon water)
    • دارچینی (darçıni, related to cinnamon)

    Descendants

    • Turkish: tarçın
    • Albanian: darçin (regional)
    • Bulgarian: дарчи́н (darčín)
    • Macedonian: дарчин (darčin)
    • Serbo-Croatian: darčin / дарчин, tarčin / тарчин (regional)

    Further reading

    Persian

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

  • From Middle Persian *dār-ī-čēnīg (literally Chinese tree), ultimately a combination of Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v, tree) + Sanskrit चीन (cīna, China) + -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k, adjectival suffix, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas). Note also from the same source are Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דַּרְצִינִי (darṣīnī, cinnamon), Classical Syriac ܕܪܨܝܢܝ (dārṣīnī), ܨܝܢܕܪܓ (ṣīndreḡ, cinnamon) and Old Armenian դարիճենիկ (daričenik, cinnamon). By surface analysis, دار (dâr, tree; wood) +‎ چین (čin, China).

    Pronunciation

    • (Iran) IPA(key): [d̪ɒːɾˈt͡ʃʰin]

    Noun

    Dari دارچین
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik дорчин

    دارچین • (dârčin)

    1. cinnamon

    Descendants

    References

    • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971), “դարիճենիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 638b
    • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 137