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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پش (peş), from Persian پس (pas) or پشت (pošt), and possibly influenced by پیش (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
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN