mısır

Signification

maize, corn

Fréquence

Coupé comme

mı‧sır

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[mɯˈsɯɾ]

Étymologie

Short for mısır buğdayı (Ottoman Turkish مصر بوغدایی, مصر بغدایی), or dialectally also mısır darısı (Ottoman Turkish مصر داریسی), so like in European languages it was called "Turkish corn", it was called “Egyptian corn” in Turkey.