Where does “mecset” come from?
mecset (Hungarian) comes from Ottoman Turkish مسجد, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
mecset (Hungarian): mosque
Ancestry of “mecset”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مسجد | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 3 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |
Words derived from “mecset”