ددم
Karakhanid
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sogdian 𐼹𐼷𐼹𐼺 (δyδm, “crown”).[1]
Noun
[edit]دِدِمْ (didim)
- the crown which a bride wears on her wedding night
References
[edit]- ^ Gharib, B. (1995) “δyδm”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 148
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ḏiḏim”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 456
Further reading
[edit]- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 397