قیطان

See also: قيطان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قایطان (kaytan), غیطان (gaytan)

Etymology

From the verb قایتمق (kaytmak, “to return, turn”) + ـان (-an, “suffix creating non-past participles”). Alternatively, compare Medieval Latin gaitanum, Greek γαϊτάνι (gaïtáni), and Arabic قِيطَان (qīṭān).

Noun

قیطان • (kaytan)

Decorative cord or braid of cotton or silk used for trimming.
Synonym: قوردون (kordon)

Derived terms

قیطان اسكله (kaytan iskele, “rope ladder”)
قیطان بیق (kaytan bıyık, “long and thin moustache”)
قیطان یاقیسی (kaytan yakısı, “seton”)

Descendants

Turkish: kaytan, gaytan
→ Albanian: gajtan
→ Armenian: (Nor Nakhichevan) խայթան (xaytʻan), (Karabakh) ղայթան (ġaytʻan), (Van) կայթան (kaytʻan)
→ Aromanian: gãitani／gãitane, gãitan
→ Bulgarian: гайта́н (gajtán)
→ Macedonian: гајтан (gajtan)
→ Romanian: găitan
→ Serbo-Croatian: gàjtan／га̀јтан

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000b
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508b

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