Etymology

bogracs

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Today it means: A Hungarian cooking pot made of metal. Full definition →

Hungarian bogrács ← Ottoman Turkish باقراج (bakrac) ← Proto-Turkic *bakïr
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic*bakïr
  2. Ottoman Turkishباقر (bakır)
  3. Ottoman Turkishـغج (-gac)
  4. Ottoman Turkishباقراج (bakrac)
  5. Hungarianbogrács
  6. English todaybogracs

Borrowed from Hungarian bogrács, borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باقراج (bakrac), from باقر (bakır, “copper”) + ـغج (-gac).

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