بورسه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بورسا (borsa)

Etymology 1

From Italian borsa. Doublet of پارسه (parsa, “beggar’s bowl or pouch”) borrowed earlier into a lower register.

Noun

بورسه • (borsa)

1. exchange, stock market, bourse

Descendants

• Turkish: borsa

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورسه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 283a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “borsa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

By metathesis from Byzantine Greek Προῦσᾰ (Proûsa).

Alternative forms

• بروسه (Brusa)

Proper noun

بورسه • (Bursa)

1. Bursa (a city in Turkey), the ancient Prusa
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎^[2], page 626:

     كرچه ، بر بورسه مبعوثی […]

     Gerçi, bir Bursa mebusu […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Turkish: Bursa

References

• Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Brusa”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[3], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 139