Ottoman Turkish

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كومور

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kömür (coal); cognate with Azerbaijani kömür, Bashkir күмер (kümer), Chuvash кӑмрӑк (kămrăk), Kazakh көмір (kömır), Kyrgyz көмүр (kömür), Turkmen kömür, Uyghur كۆمۈر (kömür) and Uzbek koʻmir.

Noun

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كومور (kömür)

  1. charcoal, a substance obtained by destructive distillation of wood
    Synonyms: زغال (zuğal), فحم (fahm)
  2. coal, a usually black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains
  3. coke, the solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven

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