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Where does “Mısırlı” come from?

Mısırlı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Mısır, from Ottoman Turkish مصر, from Arabic مِصْر — Egypt.

Ancestry of “Mısırlı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishMısırEgypt
2Ottoman Turkishمصرmaize, corn
3ArabicمِصْرEgypt
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