Where does “lağım” come from?

lağım (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish لغم, from Arabic لَغْم, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος — cavity.

lağım (Turkish): sewer; an underground tunnel, mine

Definitions

  1. sewer; an underground tunnel, mine

Ancestry of “lağım”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishلغمtunnel, gallery, drift, any underground passage or channel cut through the earth or masonry
2Arabicلَغْم—
3Ancient Greekλᾰ́κκοςcavity
Every word from Ancient Greek λᾰ́κκος →Every word from Arabic لَغْم →Every word from Ottoman Turkish لغم →