Where does “nokta” come from?
nokta (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish نقطه, from Arabic نُقْطَة — dot, point.
nokta (Turkish): dot; full stop
Ancestry of “nokta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | نقطه | — |
| 2 | Arabic | نُقْطَة | dot, point |