Where does “تمیزلك” come from?

تمیزلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تمیز, from Arabic تَمْيِيز.

تمیزلك (Ottoman Turkish): cleanliness, purity

Definitions

  1. cleanliness, purity

Ancestry of “تمیزلك”, step by step

تمیزلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish تمیز

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishتمیزclean
2Arabicتَمْيِيز—

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Arabic تَمْيِيز →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تمیز →