Where does “كتانجك” come from?

كتانجك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic كتان, from Classical Syriac ܟܶܬܳܢܳܐ — flax; linen.

كتانجك (Ottoman Turkish): eelgrass, seawrack (Zostera marina)

Definitions

  1. eelgrass, seawrack (Zostera marina)

Ancestry of “كتانجك”, step by step

كتانجك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic كتان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكتانflax; linen
2Classical Syriacܟܶܬܳܢܳܐflax; linen

via Ottoman Turkish ـجك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishـجكDiminutive suffix after front vowels
2Proto-Turkic*-čükForms denominal dimunitive nouns
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