Where does “iş adamı” come from?

iş adamı (Turkish) comes from Turkish adam, from Ottoman Turkish آدم, from Old Anatolian Turkish آدم, from Arabic آدَم, from Arabic آدَمُ, from Hebrew אָדָם, from Hebrew אדמה — earth, soil, land.

iş adamı (Turkish): businessman

Definitions

  1. businessman

Ancestry of “iş adamı”, step by step

iş adamı traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish adam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishadamman; human
2Ottoman Turkishآدمhuman; person; man
3Old Anatolian Turkishآدمperson, human
4ArabicآدَمAdam
5Arabicآدَمُ—
6Hebrewאָדָםearth, man, soil, light brown; Adam; man, person
7Hebrewאדמהearth, soil, land

via Turkish iş

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishişwork, task, deed; job, employment; matter,...
2Ottoman Turkishایشwork
3Proto-Turkicīĺčwork

Words derived from “iş adamı”

Every word from Hebrew אדמה →Every word from Hebrew אָדָם →Every word from Arabic آدَمُ →
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