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

لاش traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian لاش

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

via Classical Persian لاش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianلاش—

Words derived from “لاش”

Every word from Middle Persian lšt →Every word from Persian لاش →