barza

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • bâza (İhsaniye)

Etymology

From Albanian bardhë (“white”).[1]

Noun

barza

  1. (dialectal, Gallipoli) half-white half-black goat[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tietze, Andreas (2002), “barza”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume I, Istanbul, Vienna: Simurg Kitapçılık, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 284a
  2. ↑ “barza”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume II, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1965, page 536a
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