kumsal

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قومسال‎ (kumsal, “sandy place; sand bar”). That comes from Ottoman Turkish kum (“sand”) + Ottoman Turkish sal (“flat place”).

Noun

kumsal (definite accusative kumsalı, plural kumsallar)

  1. beach
  • kum (“sand”)

See also

References
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قومسال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1497
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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