Where does “mezarlık” come from?

mezarlık (Turkish) comes from Turkish mezar, from Ottoman Turkish مزار, from Arabic مَزَار.

mezarlık (Turkish): graveyard, cemetery

Definitions

  1. graveyard, cemetery

Ancestry of “mezarlık”, step by step

mezarlık traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish mezar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishmezargrave; mausoleum; tomb
2Ottoman Turkishمزار—
3Arabicمَزَار—

via Ottoman Turkish مزارلق

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمزارلق—
2Ottoman Turkish-lik—
Every word from Arabic مَزَار →Every word from Ottoman Turkish مزار →Every word from Turkish mezar →