Etymology

Karagiozis

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Today it means: A certain Greek shadow puppet character, of Turkish origin. Full definition →

Greek Καραγκιόζης ← Ottoman Turkish قرهگوز
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقرهگوز“lit. Black eye”
  2. Greek · borrowed fromΚαραγκιόζης
  3. English todayKaragiozis

From Greek Καραγκιόζης (Karagkiózis), from Ottoman Turkish قرهگوز (Karagöz, “lit. Black eye”).

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