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Where does “اوقه” come from?

اوقه (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ, from Ancient Greek οὐγγία, from Latin uncia, from Old French lonce, from Italian lonza, from Vulgar Latin luncea, from Latin lynx — to turn.

اوقه (Ottoman Turkish): a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of...

Definitions

  1. a kilogram; an oka, a former Turkish unit of...

Ancestry of “اوقه”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicأُوقِيَّةوِقِيَّة
2Classical Syriacܐܘܢܩܝܐ—
3Ancient Greekοὐγγία—
4LatinunciaThe twelfth part of something; twelfth; The...
5Old Frenchloncelynx
6Italianlonzaloin of pork; a term used in the Middle Ages to...
7Vulgar Latinluncea—
8LatinlynxA lynx
9Ancient Greekλύγξlynx; hiccup
10LatincanadensisCanadian
11Latin-ensisOf or from
12Latinarvumfield; farm land
13Latincolō—
14Latinquelō—
15Proto-Italickʷelō—
16Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
17Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

Words derived from “اوقه”

  • oka
  • ocarina
  • okka
  • ocarinist
  • okas
  • ocarina
  • ocaggine
  • oca
  • ocarina
  • oche
  • ocarinista
  • oque
  • ocarina
  • オカリナ
  • okaryna
  • crnook
  • bjeloočnica
  • razrok
  • predočiti
  • oko
  • oka
  • οκά
  • ócairín
  • okka
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