بامیه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowing either from Persian بامیه (bâmiye) or Arabic بَامِيَا (bāmiyā), بَامِيَة (bāmiya, “okra”).[1][2][3]
Noun
بامیه • (bamya)
Descendants
- Turkish: bamya, bamıya, bamile, bamiye, bamle, banya, mamya, mamye, manya
- → Armenian: բամիա (bamia)
- → Greek: μπάμια (bámia)
- → Ladino: bamyas
- → Albanian: bamje, bamjё
- → Romanian: bamă
- → Bulgarian: бамя (bamja), ба́бня (bábnja), ба́мия (bámija)
- → Macedonian: бамја (bamja)
- → Serbo-Croatian: ба̀мија / bàmija, бамја / bamja, бамља / bamlja
- → Russian: ба́мия (bámija)
- → Ukrainian: ба́мія (bámija)
- → Yiddish: באַמיע (bamye)
References
- ^ Tietze, Andreas (2002) “bamya”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul, Vienna: Simurg Kitapçılık, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 275
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2014-07-24) “bamya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Anikin, A. E. (2008) “бамия”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 166
Persian
Etymology
Likely related to Arabic بَامِيَة (bāmiya); see there for more. The sweet is named for its resemblance to the vegetable.
Noun
بامیه • (bâmiye)