tunç
Crimean Tatar
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish تونج (tunc), from older توج (tuc), from Middle Chinese 銅 (MC duŋ, “bronze”).
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “توج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 606
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