Where does “թավշածաղիկ” come from?

թավշածաղիկ (Armenian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قطیفه چیچكی, from Ottoman Turkish چیچك, from Proto-Turkic čeček — flower.

թավշածաղիկ (Armenian): marigold any plant of the genus

Definitions

  1. marigold any plant of the genus

Ancestry of “թավշածաղիկ”, step by step

թավշածաղիկ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish قطیفه چیچكی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقطیفه چیچكیmarigold, any of the New World flowering plants of the genus Tagetes
2Ottoman Turkishچیچكflower; blossom; smallpox, variola
3Proto-Turkicčečekflower

via Armenian ծաղիկ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianծաղիկflower; the pick, the cream, the best part;...
2Old Armenianծաղիկflower; smallpox; beauty, youth, bloom

via Armenian թավիշ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Armenianթավիշvelvet
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