silsile

Meaning

  1. chain, series, set
  2. lineage, ancestry, family tree
  3. (dated) mountain range
  4. (obsolete) chain

Pronounced as (IPA)
/sil.siˈle/
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سلسله (silsile, “chain”), from Old Anatolian Turkish سلسله (silsile), from Arabic سِلْسِلَة (silsila, “chain”). Cognate with Azerbaijani silsilə, Gagauz senselä.

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