τσιφίνι

Pontic Greek
Pontic azalea in Pontus

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ճփնի (čpʻni).

Noun

τσιφίνι (tsifíni) n

  1. yellow azalea, honeysuckle azalea, pontic azalea (Rhododendron luteum)
    • 2010, Karmate (lyrics and music), “Χοπχήρα [Hopşera]”, in Nayino‎, translated into English by AlptekinMD:
      Έμ τσιφίνα έμ κομάρ’
      Το γομάρ’ βαρύ γομάρ’
      Γιάρ η ιόμρου μ’ έφαγες
      Επάρε την ψη μ’ τομάρ’
      Ém tsifína ém komár’
      To gomár’ varý gomár’
      Giár i iómrou m’ éfages
      Epáre tin psi m’ tomár’
      Both tsifin and komar
      This burden is too heavy
      You have spent my half-life
      At least take it all

Derived terms
  • τσιφινάουμαι (tsifináoumai)
  • τσιφίνιν (tsifínin)
  • τσιφινοκύλιτσο (tsifinokýlitso)
  • τσιφινούμαι (tsifinoúmai)
  • τσιφινωτή (tsifinotí)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: ծիֆին (cifin), ծիփին (cipʻin), ծեփիկ (cepʻik)
  • → Turkish: zifin, zifina, sifin, cifin, çıfın, çifin, ç'ifin (possibly partially directly from Armenian)

Further reading
  • Genç, Tuğçe (2021) Trabzon Örneğinde Rumca-Türkçe Dil İlişkisi (Yüksek Lisans Tezi) (in Turkish), Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, pages 41, 48, 84, 102
  • Deffner, Michael (1880) “Die Bienenzucht in Ofis und die Fatalität der Zehntausend in den Kolchischen Dörfern”, in Archiv für mittel- und neugriechische Philologie‎ (in German), volume I, Athens, page 230, derives from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke, fill with smoke”), unaware of the Armenian material
  • Tursun, Vahit (2021) “τσιφίνι”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 499b
  • Tursun, Vahit (2021) “ζιφίν”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 263b
  • Ιωαννίδης, Σάββας (1870) Ιστορία και στατιστική Τραπεζούντος και της περί ταύτην χώρας ως και τα περί της ενταύθα ελληνικής γλώσσης (in Greek), Κωνσταντινούπολις: Τυπογρ. Ι. Α. Βρετού, page λγʹ, glossed as εἶδος καμάρας, probably referring to κομάρ (komár)
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