Ottoman Turkish

Noun

چشمه • ‎(çeşma, çeşme)

1. fountain
2. spring
3. source

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian čšmk' ‎(čašmag, “spring, source”), from čšm ‎(čašm, “eye”) + -k' ‎(-ag).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæʃˈmæ/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃʰeʃˈme]

Noun

چشمه • ‎(češme) ‎(plural چشمه‌ها ‎(češme-hâ))

1. fountain
2. spring
3. source

Related terms

• چشم ‎(češm)

Descendants

• Bashkir: шишмә ‎(šišmä)
• Bulgarian: чешма ‎(češma)
• Romanian: cişmea

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “čašmag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press