Where does “tercüme” come from?
tercüme (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish ترجمه, from Arabic تَرْجَمَ, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
tercüme (Turkish): translation
Ancestry of “tercüme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | ترجمه | translation |
| 2 | Arabic | تَرْجَمَ | to interpret, translate; to translate; translate |
| 3 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 4 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |