زیجک

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Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; presumably related to زویج (zevij, zavij), زونیج (zevanij), زونج (zevanj, sausage). Nişanyan argues a Turkic origin, see more in sucuk.[1]

Noun[edit]

زیجک (zijak)[1]

  1. food made from animal intestines, sausages

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “زیجك”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul