(willdereck) wrote in message . com...
"John Atkinson" wrote

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And of course, Romanian borrowed quite a few words from Turkish in the days
of the Ottomans

J.

No. It is not true. I found just a very few Turkish words, which are rarely used.

Not true. There may not be that many, but many of them are pretty
common. Examples: Musafir = guest, visitor; DuSman = enemy;
Geamantan = suitcase; Cizma = boot; Ciorba = soup; Chef [/kef/] =
appetite; party. Several of these are originally Arabic or Persian.

I'm sure someone more proficient in Romanian can add other examples.

Nigel

ScriptMaster language resources (Persian/Turkish/Modern & Classical
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