ككیك

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ككك (kekik)

Etymology

Considered unknown, but probably by haplology from ككلیك اوتی (keklik otu, “oregano, marjoram”, literally “partridge grass”) since this denotes a spice in the same botanical tribe (Mentheae) and ككیك اوتی (kekik otu, “thyme”) translates as kəklikotu to Azerbaijani, along with a clipped form kəkotu. For the continuity of plant names derived from the name of the partridge bird in general, compare Proto-Slavic *arębina (“partridge meat; rowan”).

Noun

ككیك • (kekik)

1. thyme; Thymus vulgaris

Descendants

• Turkish: kekik, kek
• → Persian: کاکوتی (kâkuti), کاکتی (kâkoti), کاکوتو (kākūtū), کاکتو (kākutū)

References

• Alkayış, Fatih (2007) “kekik”, in Türkiye Türkçesinde bitki adları [Plant Names in Turkish of Turkey] (in Turkish), doctoral thesis, Kayseri: T.C. Erciyes Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, page 422
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ككیك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1032
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ككیك”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 3987
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ككك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1558
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “kekik”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Eren, Hasan (1999) “kekik”, in Türk Dilinin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of the Turkish Language] (in Turkish), Ankara: Bizim Büro Basım Evi, page 227