Where does “mescit” come from?
mescit (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مسجد, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
mescit (Turkish): prayer room; small mosque
Definitions
- prayer room; small mosque
Ancestry of “mescit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | مسجد | — |
| 2 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 3 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |