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Where does “meşe” come from?

meşe (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish میشه, from Persian بیشه — forest, wood, jungle.

meşe (Turkish): oak

Definitions

  1. oak

Ancestry of “meşe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمیشهforest, oak grove; oak
2Persianبیشهforest, wood, jungle

Words derived from “meşe”

  • meşenin
  • meşeyi
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