بورسه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian borsa (“bag, handbag; stock market”). Doublet of پارسه (parsa, “beggar’s bowl or pouch”), borrowed earlier into a lower register.

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Noun

بورسه • (borsa) (definite accusative بورسه‌یی (borsayı), plural بورسه‌لر (borsalar))

  1. exchange, stock market, bourse, a building or organization that trades stocks for money and vice versa
Derived terms
  • بورسه اویونی (borsa oyunu, “speculation, agiotage”)
  • بورسه محتكری (borsa muhtekiri, “speculator”)
  • تجارت بورسه‌سی (ticâret borsası, “trade stock market”)
  • تحویلات بورسه‌سی (tahvilât borsası, “securities exchange”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: borsa

Further reading

Etymology 2

By metathesis from Byzantine Greek Προῦσᾰ (Proûsă), which was probably named after Προυσίας (Prousías), an ancient king of Bithynia.

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Proper noun

بورسه • (bursa)

  1. Bursa (a city and province in the East Marmara region, Turkey)
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎[3], page 626:
      كرچه ، بر بورسه مبعوثی […]
      Gerçi, bir Bursa mebusu […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants

Further reading

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