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Where does “Çıfıt” come from?

Çıfıt (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چفوت, from Persian جهود, from Hebrew יְהוּדִי — Jew.

Çıfıt (Turkish): Jew

Definitions

  1. Jew

Ancestry of “Çıfıt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچفوتyid, kike; penny-pincher, miser; malicious man,...
2PersianجهودJew; yid, kike
3HebrewיְהוּדִיJew

Words derived from “Çıfıt”

  • çıfıt
  • čefur
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