زیجک

Persian

Alternative forms

• زیچک (zičak)

Etymology

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Noun

زیجک • (zijak)

1. the intestines of a lamb stuffed with mincemeat, rice, etc., and dressed

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: صوجوق (sucuk), سجوق (sucuk); սուճուգ (sucuk) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: sucuk
  • → Arabic: سُجُقّ (sujuqq)
  • → Armenian: սուջուխ (suǰux)
  • → Bulgarian: суджу́к (sudžúk)
  • → Greek: σουτζούκι (soutzoúki)
  • → Macedonian: суџук (sudžuk)
  • → Romanian: sugiuc
  • → Serbo-Croatian: sùdžuk／су̀џук

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زیجك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul