Where does “Çiftlikköy” come from?
Çiftlikköy (Turkish) comes from Turkish çiftlik, from Ottoman Turkish چفتلك, from Omani Arabic لك, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔, from Sanskrit लक्ष, from Sanskrit लक्ष् — to protect.
Ancestry of “Çiftlikköy”, step by step
Çiftlikköy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish çiftlik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | çiftlik | farm |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | چفتلك | the quality of being a pair, team, or yoke, the quality of a fellow in a pair |
| 3 | Omani Arabic | لك | — |
| 4 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 5 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 6 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 8 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 9 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |