peş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pes"

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پش (peş), from Persian پس (pas) or پشت (pošt), and possibly influenced by پیش (piš, “front”).

Noun

peş (definite accusative peşi, plural peşler)

1. back

   peş peşe ― back to back

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “peş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3835
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 448
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN