Where does “torbalı” come from?
torbalı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish طوربهلو, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه, from Persian توبره, from Middle Persian tōbrag — bag, sack.
torbalı (Turkish): which has a bag
Ancestry of “torbalı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طوربهلو | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | طوربه | bag |
| 3 | Persian | توبره | bag, sack |
| 4 | Middle Persian | tōbrag | bag, sack |