موچو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • میچو (mıço)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mozzo, from Spanish mozo.

Noun

موچو • (muço) (definite accusative موچویی (muçoyu), plural موچولر (muçolar))

  1. young deckhand, cabin boy
  2. boy waiter at a tavern

Descendants

  • Turkish: miço, muço
  • Albanian: muço
  • Armenian: միչօ (mičʻō)
  • Bulgarian: му́чо (múčo)

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