Where does “بادمجك” come from?

بادمجك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish بادم, from Classical Persian بادام, from Middle Persian wʾtʾm, from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám.

بادمجك (Ottoman Turkish): tonsil, one of the two small masses of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat

Definitions

  1. tonsil, one of the two small masses of lymphoid tissue at the back of the throat

Ancestry of “بادمجك”, step by step

بادمجك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish بادم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishبادمAlternative form of بادام
2Classical Persianبادام—
3Middle Persianwʾtʾm—
4Proto-Indo-Iranianvātādám—

via Ottoman Turkish ـجك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
2Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian vātādám →Every word from Middle Persian wʾtʾm →Every word from Classical Persian بادام →
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