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Turkish
Etymology
Short for mısır buğdayı (Ottoman Turkish مصر بوغدایی, مصر بغدایی), or dialectally also mısır darısı (Ottoman Turkish مصر داریسی), so like in European languages it was called "Turkish corn", it was called “Egyptian corn” in Turkey.
Pronunciation
Noun
mısır (definite accusative mısırı, plural mısırlar)
- maize, corn
- Synonyms: (dialectal) lazut, (colloquial) darı
Declension