چاماشیر

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• چماشیر (çamaşır)

Etymology

From Persian جامه (jâme) and شور (šur).

Noun

چاماشیر • (çamaşır)

1. underwear
2. linen
3. laundry

Derived terms

• چاماشیرجی, چماشیرجی (çamaşırcı)

Descendants

• Turkish: çamaşır
• → Armenian: չամաշըր (čʻamašər), չամաշուր (čʻamašur)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “çamaşır”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چاماشیر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 464