Where does “miskin” come from?
miskin (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مسكین, from Arabic مِسْكِين, from Classical Syriac ܡܣܟܝܢܐ, from Aramaic מִסְכֵּינָא, from Akkadian muškēnum.
miskin (Turkish): idle; tending to sloth; poor, unfortunate
Definitions
- idle; tending to sloth; poor, unfortunate
Ancestry of “miskin”, step by step