Etymology

kisbet

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Today it means: A pair of loose-fitting leather trousers worn by wrestlers in Turkish oil wrestling competitions. Full definition →

Turkish kispet ← Arabic كِسْوَة
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The story

  1. Arabic · derived fromكِسْوَة
  2. Turkish · borrowed fromkispet
  3. English todaykisbet

From Turkish kispet, from Arabic كِسْوَة (kiswa).

Words from the same roots

Arabicكِسْوَة all →

kiswah

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.