ماسه

See also: ماسة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Bulgarian маса (masa, table), from Romanian masă, from Latin mēnsa.

Noun

ماسه • (masa)

  1. table, especially a dining table, on which meals are served
    Synonyms: اسطال (astal), طراپزه (tırapeza)

Descendants

  • Turkish: masa
  • Armenian: մասա (masa)
  • Laz: მასა (masa)

Further reading

  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “masa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3058
  • Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 46
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “masa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماسه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1657

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? māsa
Dari reading? māsa
Iranian reading? mâse
Tajik reading? mosa

Noun

ماسِه • (mâse)

  1. sand, gravel