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Where does “yağsız” come from?

yağsız (Turkish) comes from Turkish yağ, from Ottoman Turkish یاغ, from Proto-Turkic yāg — fat, butter, lard, thick.

yağsız (Turkish): Not oily, not fatty, not greasy

Definitions

  1. Not oily, not fatty, not greasy

Ancestry of “yağsız”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishyağoil; fat, grease
2Ottoman Turkishیاغ—
3Proto-Turkicyāgfat, butter, lard, thick
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