قیصی

Khalaj

Noun

قَیصی (qəysi) (definite accusative قَیصینی, plural قَیصیلَر)

  1. Arabic spelling of qəysi (apricot)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قایسی (kaysi, kayısı), قیسی (kaysi, kayısı)

Etymology

From Arabic قَيْسِي (qaysī, an apricot cultivar with large size), related to Arabic قَيْس (qays, measurement, comparison). Alternatively, has been suggested to originate from the placename قیصری (Kayseri), in the sense of "fruit produced in Kayseri".

Noun

قیصی • (kaysi, kayısı)

  1. apricot (fresh fruit)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kayısı
  • Albanian: kajsi
  • Armenian: խայիսի (xayisi), կա̈յսիր (käysir)
  • Bulgarian: кайси́я (kajsíja)
  • Greek: καΐσι (kaḯsi), καϊσί (kaïsí)
  • Ladino: kayisi
  • Macedonian: кајсија (kajsija)
  • Persian: قیصی (qeysi)
  • Romanian: caisă
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: кајсија
    Latin script: kajsija

See also

References

Persian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قیصی (kaysi, kayısı).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäj.síː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [qäj.síː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [qäj.sí]

Readings
Classical reading? qaysī
Dari reading? qaysī
Iranian reading? ğeysi
Tajik reading? qaysī

Noun

قیصی • (qeysi)

  1. apricot
    Synonym: زردآلو (zard-âlu)

Descendants

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