چوما
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Romanian ciumă, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûma). Compare Tatar чума (çuma).
Noun
چوما • (çuma)
- (pathology) plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis)
- plague
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چوما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 740