hayvanat bahçesi

Etymology

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish حیوانات باغچهسی (hayvanat bağçesi), equivalent to hayvanat + bahçe + -si, literally "animal garden". Compare Kazakh хайуанаттар бағы (xaiuanattar bağy, “zoo”), хайуанатхана (xaiuanatxana, “zoo”).

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