πισίκα

Cappadocian Greek

Alternative forms
  • πσίκα (psíka)

Etymology

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish پسك‎ (pisik). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bɨńĺ(ɨk) (“cat”). Compare Turkish pisi, Azerbaijani pişik, Turkmen pişik, Tatar песи (pesi), Karakalpak pıshıq, Uzbek mushuk, Kyrgyz мышык (mışık), Kazakh мысық (mısıq), Kumyk мишик (mişik), Bashkir бесәй (besäy) and Uyghur مۈشۈك‎ (müshük).

Noun

πισίκα (pisíka)

  1. cat
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