English
abrash
Abrash comes from Turkish abraş ‘mottled, spotted’, and goes back to Arabic أَبْرَش.
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَبْرَشʔabraš‘dappled, mottled’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آبراشabraş‘speckled, dappled, mottled, fleabitten (of a horse)’
- Turkish1928–presentabraş‘mottled, spotted’
- Englishtodayabrash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentأَبْرَشʔabraš‘dappled, mottled’
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آبراشabraş‘speckled, dappled, mottled, fleabitten (of a horse)’
- Turkish1928–presentabraş‘mottled, spotted’
- Englishtodayabrash
Every English word from Arabic أَبْرَش
Today it means
noun A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic أَبْرَش / abrash