Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

چاماشیر (çamaşır)

  1. underwear
  2. linen
  3. laundry

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

Further reading edit

  • 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