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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Unknown. According to Mollova, borrowed from Arabic مِنْيَاوِيّ (minyāwiyy, “someone from Minya, Egypt”).
Noun
مناو • (manav)
- fruitmonger, greengrocer
- Synonym: (obsolete) بقال (bakkal)
Descendants
References
- Mollova, Mefküre (1964) “Относно ориенталските заемки в “Български тълковен речник””, in Български език (in Bulgarian), volume 6, page 536b of 534–539
- Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1738, page 22