Etymology

meze

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Today it means: Small portions of starters typical of Turkish, Greek and Levantine cuisine (equivalent to Spanish tapas or Hawaiian pu pu) often served as a light meal with pita. Full definition →

Turkish meze ← Greek μεζές ← Ottoman Turkish مزه
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The story

  1. Iranian Persian · derived fromمَزِه“taste, snack”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromمزه
  3. Greek · borrowed fromμεζές
  4. Turkish · borrowed frommeze
  5. English todaymeze

From Turkish meze and Greek μεζές (mezés), both from Ottoman Turkish مزه (meze), from Iranian Persian مَزِه (maze, “taste, snack”).

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