خمسی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek χαψί (chapsí), χαμψί (champsí). Compare Russian хамса́ (xamsá).

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Noun

خمسی • (hamsı)

  1. anchovy

Descendants

  • Turkish: hamsi
  • → Bulgarian: хамси́я (hamsíja)
  • → Middle Armenian: խամսի (xamsi)
  • → Romanian: hamsie

References

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