kirmizi
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish kırmızı (“red”), from Ottoman Turkish قرمزی, from Arabic قِرْمِزِيّ (qirmiziyy) or Persian قِرمِز (qermez), from Persian کِرمِست (kêrmêst) ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kŕ̥miš (“worm”). Doublet of keremi.
Noun
editkirmizi
Further reading
edit- “kirmizi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.