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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek χαψί (chapsí), χαμψί (champsí). Compare Russian хамса́ (xamsá).
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Noun
خمسی • (hamsı)
- anchovy
Descendants
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamsi”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1860b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خمسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 551b
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خمسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 864b