Where does “بورس” come from?

بورس (Persian) comes from French bourse, from Italian borsa, from Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα — the skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

بورس (Persian): bourse; stock exchange; bursary

Definitions

  1. bourse; stock exchange; bursary

Ancestry of “بورس”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchboursepurse; money; financial grant
2Italianborsabag, handbag, purse, briefcase; scholarship,...
3Latinbursaoxhide, animal skin; purse, especially one made...
4Ancient Greekβύρσαthe skin stripped off a hide, leather; the skin...

Words derived from “بورس”

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