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Where does “sujuk” come from?

sujuk (English) comes from Turkish sucuk, from Ottoman Turkish صوجوق, from Persian زیجک — food made from animal intestines, sausages.

sujuk (English): A dry, spicy sausage eaten from the Balkans to...

Definitions

  1. A dry, spicy sausage eaten from the Balkans to...

Ancestry of “sujuk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishsucukDiminutive of su; sujuk
2Ottoman Turkishصوجوقsausage, sujuk
3Persianزیجکfood made from animal intestines, sausages
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