كیمیا
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʾ, “chemistry”), from Ancient Greek χῠμείᾱ (khumeíā).
Noun
كیمیا • (kimiya or kimya)
- alchemy
- chemistry
Descendants
- Turkish: kimya
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كیمیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1068
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كیمیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1615