چوما

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Romanian ciumă, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûma). Compare Tatar чума (çuma).

Noun

چوما • (çuma)

(pathology) plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis)
plague

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 740

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