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Yusuf B Gursey  
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 More options Sep 13 2012, 12:12 am
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From: Yusuf B Gursey <ygur...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 21:12:16 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Thurs, Sep 13 2012 12:12 am
Subject: Re: word words
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On Sep 12, 11:52 pm, Yusuf B Gursey <ygur...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sep 11, 4:21 am, Dieter Britz <dieterhansbr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > There are words made up that repeat themselves. E.g.
> > the Turkish bread I bought was called pidebrød, which means
> > (flat)bread bread. I once read about a fort in Turkey that

> pide means "faltbread" in Turkish.

there is also "chai tea"

in Persian and Turkic *ch*a:y / *ch*ay means "tea" from Chinese
(Mandarin). tea is from Cantonese.

> > originally had a Turkish name meaning "Fort", then became
> > "Redoubt <turkish name>", and later "Fort Redoubt <..>",
> > so it was Fort Fort Fort.

> I would like to know more about that

> > What is the name for this sort of thing?

> > --
> > Dieter Britz


 
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