Where does “بخشة” come from?
بخشة (Libyan Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه, from Ottoman Turkish ـجه, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.
بخشة (Libyan Arabic): any rectangular cloth for eating on, working...etc
Definitions
- any rectangular cloth for eating on, working...etc
Ancestry of “بخشة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | بوغچه | bundle, a cloth tied up for carrying things other than cloths, drawstring bag |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | ـجه | like, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the way of |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *-če | Suffix expressing the equative case |