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Etymology edit

Unknown; possibly borrowed from Turkic, as the green, seedless variety used is said to originate in Bokhara, Uzbekistan.[1] Compare Azerbaijani kişmiş (raisin).

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Readings
Classical reading? kišmiš
Dari reading? kišmiš
Iranian reading? kešmeš
Tajik reading? kišmiš

Noun edit

کشمش (kešmeš)

  1. raisin, sultana raisin, currant
  2. sultana grape (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera cv. Sultana)

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References edit

  1. ^ Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 231