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Where does “لاش” come from?

لاش (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian لاش, from Middle Persian lšt — corpse.

لاش (Ottoman Turkish): carrion, carcass

Definitions

  1. carrion, carcass

Ancestry of “لاش”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianلاشcorpse, carrion; loot, booty, plunder
2Middle Persianlštcorpse

Words derived from “لاش”

  • lešinar
  • lešina
  • лешинар
  • лешина
  • leš
  • леш
  • леш
  • леш
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