kâğıt

Meaning

paper

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaɣɯt/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كاغد (ḱāğıd), from Common Turkic [Term?] (compare Karakhanid [script needed] (kāɣïd, “paper”)), ultimately from Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼲𐼹𐼰 (kʾγδʾ /⁠kāγaδā⁠/); further etymology is unknown, perhaps a borrowing from Old Chinese 紙 (OC *kjeʔ).

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