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Where does “پیشكیر” come from?

پیشكیر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian پیشگیر, from Persian پیش — ago; before.

Ancestry of “پیشكیر”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپیشگیرtowel; napkin
2Persianپیشago; before
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