سیوری سینك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Compound of سیوری‎ (sivri, “sharp”) +‎ سینك‎ (sinek, “fly”)

Noun

سیوری سینك‎ • (sivri sinek)

mosquito

Descendants

Turkish: sivrisinek
→ Middle Armenian: սիվրի սինակ (sivri sinak), սիվրի սինէկ (sivri sinēk)
- Armenian: սիվրիսինէկ (sivrisinēk)
→⇒ Bulgarian: сивири́сница (sivirísnica)
→ Laz: სივრისინეღი (sivrisineği)
→ Serbo-Croatian: сиври сѝнек / sivri sìnek

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سینك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1104

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