Where does “qaysı” come from?

qaysı (Crimean Tatar) comes from Persian قیصی, from Ottoman Turkish قیصی, from Arabic قَيْسِي.

qaysı (Crimean Tatar): apricot

Definitions

  1. apricot

Ancestry of “qaysı”, step by step

qaysı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian قیصی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقیصیapricot
2Ottoman Turkishقیصیapricot
3Arabicقَيْسِي—

via Proto-Turkic ka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicka-interrogative particle
Every word from Arabic قَيْسِي →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قیصی →Every word from Persian قیصی →