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Where does “تر” come from?

تر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian تر, from Middle Persian tl' — wet, moist.

تر (Ottoman Turkish): sweat; used to imitate a tremble or...

Definitions

  1. sweat; used to imitate a tremble or...

Ancestry of “تر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianترmoist, wet; A suffix forming the comparative...
2Middle Persiantl'wet, moist

Words derived from “تر”

  • tere
  • ter
  • terli
Every word from Middle Persian tl' →