مناو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Unknown. According to Mollova, borrowed from Arabic مِنْيَاوِيّ (minyāwiyy, “someone from Minya, Egypt”).

Noun

مناو • (manav)

  1. fruitmonger, greengrocer
    Synonym: (obsolete) بقال (bakkal)

Descendants
  • Turkish: manav
  • → Armenian: մանավ (manav)
  • → Aromanian: manafi, manafeanj
  • → Bulgarian: манаф (manaf), ⇒ мана́фин (manáfin)
  • → Greek: μανάβης (manávis)
  • → Persian: مناو (manāv)

References
  • Mollova, Mefküre (1964) “Относно ориенталските заемки в “Български тълковен речник” [About Oriental loanwords in the Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary]”, in Български език (in Bulgarian), volume 6, page 536b of 534–539
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21)‎ (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1738, page 22
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