مقوا

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Alteration of مقوی (“reinforced, strengthened, bolstered”), from Arabic مُقَوًّى (muqawwan), passive participle of قَوَّى (qawwā, “to strengthen, bolster”).

Noun edit

مقوا • (mukavva)

pasteboard, cardboard

Descendants edit

Turkish: mukavva
→ Romanian: mucava

References edit

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1211
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mukavva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1949