ماسه

See also: ماسة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ماصه (masa)

Etymology

From Bulgarian маса (masa, “table”), from Romanian masă, from Latin mēnsa.

Noun

ماسه • (masa)

1. table, especially a dining table, on which meals are served

   Synonyms: اسطال (astal), طراپزه (tırapeza)

Descendants

• Turkish: masa
• → Armenian: մասա (masa)
• → Laz: მასა (masa)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “masa”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3058
• Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 46
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “masa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ماسه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1657

Persian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [mɑː.sa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.sä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mɑː.sä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.sä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.sä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mɒː.se]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mɔ.sä]

Readings
Classical reading?	māsa
Dari reading?	māsa
Iranian reading?	mâse
Tajik reading?	mosa

Noun

ماسِه • (mâse)

1. sand, gravel