Etymology

abrash

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Today it means: A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs). Full definition →

Turkish abraş ← Ottoman Turkish آبراش ← Arabic أَبْرَش
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromأَبْرَش“dappled, mottled”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromآبراش
  3. Turkish · borrowed fromabraş
  4. English todayabrash

Borrowed from Turkish abraş, from Ottoman Turkish آبراش (abraş), from Arabic أَبْرَش (ʔabraš, “dappled, mottled”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.