مقوا
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Alteration of مقوی (“reinforced, strengthened, bolstered”), from Arabic مُقَوًّى (muqawwan), passive participle of قَوَّى (qawwā, “to strengthen, bolster”).
Noun
مقوا • (mukavva)
- pasteboard, cardboard
Descendants
- Turkish: mukavva
- → Romanian: mucava
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مقوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1211
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mukavva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مقوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1949