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Where does “çivi” come from?
çivi (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چیوی, from Proto-Turkic čib — nail.
çivi
(Turkish): nail
Definitions
nail
Ancestry of “çivi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Ottoman Turkish
چیوی
pin, peg, wedge, bolt, gib, nail
2
Proto-Turkic
čib
nail
Words derived from “çivi”
ağaç çivi
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