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Where does “dövüş” come from?

dövüş (Turkish) comes from Turkish dövmek, from Ottoman Turkish دوگمك, from Proto-Turkic *tȫg-.

dövüş (Turkish): fight

Definitions

  1. fight

Ancestry of “dövüş”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdövmekto beat
2Ottoman Turkishدوگمكto beat, to pound, to thrust
3Proto-Turkic*tȫg-—

Words derived from “dövüş”

  • dövüşçü
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