Where does “سیغاره” come from?
سیغاره (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Spanish cigarro, from Spanish cigarra, from Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicada — cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of...
سیغاره (Ottoman Turkish): cigarette
Definitions
- cigarette
Ancestry of “سیغاره”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | cigarro | cigar; cigarette |
| 2 | Spanish | cigarra | cicada |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *cicār(r)a | — |
| 4 | Latin | cicada | cicada, tree-cricket; vocative singular of... |