جاوه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa), probably through an intermediate language.

Proper noun

جاوه • (cave or cava)

Java (island)

Descendants

Turkish: Cava

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جاوه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 640

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