مسینه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Messina (“a city in Sicily”).

Proper noun

مسینه • (Mesine)

Messina (a city in Sicily, Italy).

Noun

مسینه • (mesine)

gut, the sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon
(by extension) fishing line, a cord or line where the hook or lure is attached
Synonym: اولته (olta)

Descendants

Turkish: misina

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “misina”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3238
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “misina”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسینه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1861

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