Where does “kasap” come from?
kasap (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قصاب, from Arabic قَصَّاب, from Aramaic קצבא.
kasap (Turkish): butcher
Ancestry of “kasap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قصاب | kassâb |
| 2 | Arabic | قَصَّاب | butcher |
| 3 | Aramaic | קצבא | — |