چاماشیر
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- چماشیر (çamaşır)
Etymology
From Persian جامه (jâme) and شور (šur).
Noun
چاماشیر • (çamaşır)
- underwear
- linen
- laundry
Derived terms
- چاماشیرجی, چماشیرجی (çamaşırcı)
Descendants
- Turkish: çamaşır
- → Armenian: չամաշըր (čʿamašər), չամաշուր (čʿamašur)
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “çamaşır”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “چاماشیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 464