peş

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پش‎ (peş), from Persian ‎ (pas) or ‎ (pošt), and possibly influenced by ‎ (piš, “front”).

Noun

peş (definite accusative peşi, plural peşler)

back
peş peşe ― back to back

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “peş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3835
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “پش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 448
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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