غیطان

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

قیطان‎ (kaytan)

Etymology

Compare Greek γαϊτάνι (gaïtáni) and Arabic قِيطَان‎ (qīṭān). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

غیطان • (gaytan)

Decorative cord or braid of cotton or silk used for trimming.
Synonym: قوردون‎ (kordon)

Derived terms

غیطان اسكله‎ (gaytan iskele, “rope ladder”)
غیطان یاقیسی‎ (gaytan yakısı, “seton”)

Descendants

Turkish: kaytan, gaytan
→ Albanian: gajtan
→ Armenian: (Nor Nakhichevan) խայթան (xaytʿan), (Karabakh) ղայթան (ġaytʿan), (Van) կայթան (kaytʿan)
→ Aromanian: gãitani／gãitane, gãitan
→ Bulgarian: гайта́н (gajtán)
→ Macedonian: гајтан (gajtan)
→ Romanian: găitan
→ Serbo-Croatian: gàjtan／га̀јтан

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “غیطان”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 880b
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غیطان”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1357a

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