Where does “zifiri” come from?

zifiri (Turkish) comes from Greek ζοφερός, from Ancient Greek ζόφος — darkness, gloom; the dark quarter; the west.

zifiri (Turkish): pitch black

Definitions

  1. pitch black

Ancestry of “zifiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekζοφερόςpitch-dark
2Ancient Greekζόφοςdarkness, gloom; the dark quarter; the west
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