Where does “kâğıt” come from?
kâğıt (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish كاغد, from Persian کاغذ, from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰, from Old Chinese 紙.
kâğıt (Turkish): paper
Ancestry of “kâğıt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | كاغد | — |
| 2 | Persian | کاغذ | paper; letter |
| 3 | Sogdian | 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰 | — |
| 4 | Old Chinese | 紙 | — |