Where does “ќос” come from?
ќос (Macedonian) comes from Ottoman Turkish كوسه, from Persian کوسه, from Middle Persian kōsag.
ќос (Macedonian): hairless
Ancestry of “ќос”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كوسه | of little beard but not beardless |
| 2 | Persian | کوسه | shark; man with little or no beard |
| 3 | Middle Persian | kōsag | — |