jet (a form of compact, glistening coal, often used in jewelry) · jet (the color of jet coal)
çekim: çoğul azabaches
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷséps Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšáps Proto-Iranian *xšáfš Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎱 (x-š-p /xšapa/) Middle Persian šp (/šab/) Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/)bor. Arabic سَبَج (sabaj) Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj)bor. Spanish azabache Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic سبج (sabáj), from Arabic سَبَج (sabaj), borrowed from Middle Persian špk' (/šabag/), from šp (/šab/),…
физ., астрон. выброс газа и плазмы из центров астрономических объектов, наблюдаемое вдоль оси их вращения; также релятивистские струи плазмы, вырывающиеся при таком выбросе
A hard, black asphalt; variety of lignite; jet, jess.
çekim: çoğul gagātae · tamlayan gagātae
köken: From Ancient Greek γαγᾱ́της (gagā́tēs, “lignite; jet”), ultimately of Anatolian, possibly Pre-Greek, origin. Pliny compares the places Γάγας (Gágas) and Γάγαι (Gágai), both from Lycian.
jet: · deep black. · any kind of black or very dark precious or semiprecious stone, including blue sapphire.
köken: From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “dark blue”); possibly via Old Khmer nīla, nila (“blue sapphire; shiny black, dark blue”). Cognate with Modern Khmer នឹល (nɨl); Lao ນິນ (nin), ນິລະ (ni la). The last sense was coined by King Bhumibol Adulyadej around 1965 due to the fact that the term sounds like the first syllable of the fish's name in English, Nile tilapia, and that it reflects the colour of the fish's…