Where does “Mısırlı” come from?

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

Mısırlı (Turkish): Egyptian

Definitions

  1. Egyptian

Ancestry of “Mısırlı”, step by step

Mısırlı traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish Mısır

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishMısırEgypt
2Ottoman Turkishمصرmaize, corn
3ArabicمِصْرEgypt

via Ottoman Turkish مصرلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمصرلوof or from Egypt
2Ottoman TurkishـلوForms adjectives from nouns; with
3Proto-Turkic*-ligA positive adjective suffix

via Crimean Tatar lı

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Crimean Tatarlı—
Every word from Arabic مِصْر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مصر →Every word from Turkish Mısır →