Where does “اوراق” come from?

اوراق (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Proto-Turkic ȫr- — to rise; to spin; to plait.

اوراق (Ottoman Turkish): sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass

Definitions

  1. sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass

Ancestry of “اوراق”, step by step

اوراق traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Turkic ȫr-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkicȫr-to rise; to spin; to plait

via Arabic أَوْرَاق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأَوْرَاق—

Words derived from “اوراق”

Every word from Proto-Turkic ȫr- →