Where does “törökülésben” come from?

törökülésben (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian törökülés, from Hungarian török, from Aromanian turcu, from Turkish Türk, from Ottoman Turkish ترك, from Persian ترک, from Middle Persian twlk', from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 — Turk, Turkic people.

törökülésben (Hungarian): cross-legged having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart

Definitions

  1. cross-legged having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart

Ancestry of “törökülésben”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungariantörökülésIndian style, cross-legged sitting
2HungariantörökTurkish; Turk; first-person singular indicative...
3AromanianturcuTurk
4TurkishTürkTurk; Turkish
5Ottoman TurkishتركTurk
6Persianترکcrack
7Middle Persiantwlk'
8Old Turkic𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Turk
9Proto-Turkic*tür(ü)kTurk, Turkic people
Every word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)kEvery word from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜Every word from Middle Persian twlk'
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