mısır

Senso

maize, corn

Frequenza

Con trattino come

mı‧sır

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[mɯˈsɯɾ]

Etimologia

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.