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Where does “ترشی” come from?

ترشی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian ترشی, from Persian ترش, from Proto-Iranian *tr̥fšah.

ترشی (Ottoman Turkish): pickle, vegetable made to last with vinegar or...

Definitions

  1. pickle, vegetable made to last with vinegar or...

Ancestry of “ترشی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianترشیsourness; acidity; pickle, or any pickled...
2Persianترش—
3Proto-Iranian*tr̥fšah—

Words derived from “ترشی”

  • τουρσί
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