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Where does “بورصة” come from?

بورصة (Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بورسه, from French bourse, from Italian borsa, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

بورصة (Arabic): stock market, stock exchange, bourse

Definitions

  1. stock market, stock exchange, bourse

Ancestry of “بورصة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبورسه—
2Frenchboursepurse; money; financial grant
3Italianborsabag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,...
4Latinbursaoxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made...
5Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...
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