بورسه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

بورسا (borsa)

Etymology 1

From Italian borsa. Doublet of پارسه (parsa, “beggar’s bowl or pouch”) borrowed earlier into a lower register.

Noun

بورسه • (borsa)

exchange, stock market, bourse

Descendants

Turkish: borsa

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورسه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 283a
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “borsa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Etymology 2

By metathesis from Byzantine Greek Προῦσᾰ (Proûsa).

Alternative forms

بروسه (Brusa)

Proper noun

بورسه • (Bursa)

Bursa (a city in Turkey), the ancient Prusa
- 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 626:
  كرچه ، بر بورسه مبعوثی […]
  Gerçi, bir Bursa mebusu […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

Turkish: Bursa

References

Sezen, Tahir (2017) “Brusa”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎, 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 139

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