Where does “قزمة” come from?

قزمة (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish قازمه, from Ottoman Turkish قازمق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

قزمة (South Levantine Arabic): dwarf, midget

Definitions

  1. dwarf, midget

Ancestry of “قزمة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقازمهdug, delved, trenched, excavated, whose material has been removed by hands, claws, or equipment
2Ottoman Turkishقازمقto dig, to grave
3Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out
Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمق →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قازمه →