كیجه

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kēče (“night, evening, yesterday”).

Noun

كیجه (gejä)

night
کیجه کندوز ― gejä gündüz ― day and night
- XIII^th century [from a XV^th century copy], Ahmed Fakih, Çarhnâme-i Ahmed Fakıh der Bîvefâî-i Rûzigâr; republished as Mecdut Mansuroğlu, editor, Ahmed Fakih. Çarhname, İstanbul: Pulhan Matbaası, 1956, page 7:
  عبادت‌ قل حقیچون کیجه کندوز
  عبادت‌در بلور‌سك کنج پنهان
  ‘Ibādät qïl Ḥaq ičün gejä, gündüz!
  ‘Ibādätdür, bilürseŋ [bilürsiŋ?], gänj-i pinhān.
       Worship God both night and day!
       Worship is, you know, a hidden treasure.

Antonyms

کندوز (gündüz)

Descendants

Azerbaijani: gecə
Ottoman Turkish: گیجه (gece)
- Gagauz: gecä
- Turkish: gece

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