Where does “فیل دیشی” come from?

فیل دیشی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish فیل, from Arabic فِيل, from Middle Persian pyl, from Latin pirum — a pear.

فیل دیشی (Ottoman Turkish): elephant's tusk, one of a pair of elongated, pointed teeth that extend outside its mouth

Definitions

  1. elephant's tusk, one of a pair of elongated, pointed teeth that extend outside its mouth

Ancestry of “فیل دیشی”, step by step

فیل دیشی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish فیل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishفیلelephant
2Arabicفِيلelephant; the elephant
3Middle Persianpylelephant; bishop
4Latinpiruma pear

via Ottoman Turkish دیش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishدیشtooth
2Old Anatolian Turkishdiştooth
3Proto-Turkicdīĺtooth

Words derived from “فیل دیشی

Every word from Latin pirumEvery word from Middle Persian pylEvery word from Arabic فِيل
فیل دیشی — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer