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)

1. 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1000b
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1508b