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Where does “كیشی” come from?

كیشی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish كشی, from Common Turkic kiši, from Proto-Turkic kiĺi — person, people.

كیشی (Ottoman Turkish): person, human being

Definitions

  1. person, human being

Ancestry of “كیشی”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishكشیperson
2Common Turkickišiperson, people
3Proto-Turkickiĺiperson, people

Words derived from “كیشی”

  • kişi
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