Where does “kajsi” come from?
kajsi (Albanian) comes from Turkish kayısı, from Ottoman Turkish قیصی, from Arabic قَيْسِي.
kajsi (Albanian): apricot
Ancestry of “kajsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Turkish | kayısı | apricot |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | قیصی | apricot |
| 3 | Arabic | قَيْسِي | — |