چشمه

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See also: چشمہ

Ottoman Turkish

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چشمه

Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma, spring, source).

Noun

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چَشمه (çeşme)

  1. fountain, an ornamental water feature usually situated in a garden or public place
  2. spring, source, fount, a spray or body of water springing from the ground
    Synonyms: بوڭار (buñar), عین (ʿayn), قایناق (kaynak), منبع (menbaʿ)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: çeşme
  • Bulgarian: чешма (češma)
  • Tunisian Arabic: شيشمة (šīšma)
  • Libyan Arabic: شيشمة (šīšma)
  • Macedonian: чешма (češma)
  • Romanian: cișmea
Çeşme district

Proper noun

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چَشمه (çeşme)

  1. Çeşme (a town and district in Izmir province, Turkey)

Descendants

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Further reading

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (čšmk' /⁠čašmag⁠/, spring, source), from [script needed] (čšm /⁠čašm⁠/, eye) + [script needed] (-k' /⁠-ag⁠/),[1] equivalent to modern چشم (čašm, eye) +‎ ـه (-e).

A relation between eye and spring seems to be common in the area. Compare Baluchi چمگ (cammag, spring, source) from چم (camm, eye), Gilaki چمار (čumâr, spring) from چم (čum, eye), Arabic عَيْن (ʕayn, spring, eye), and Old Armenian ակն (akn, eye, spring).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? čašma
Dari reading? čašma
Iranian reading? češma, čašme
Tajik reading? čašma
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Noun

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Dari چَشمَه
Iranian Persian چِشمِه
Tajik чашма

چِشمِه (češme) (plural چِشمِه‌ها (češme-hâ))

  1. spring (water source)
  2. source

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “čšmk'”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 21