كیجه

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

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

Noun

كیجه (gejä)

1. 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