fun Turkish fact of the day
Aug. 6th, 2017 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kaberettI had been remembering the Turkish for red, kırmızı, by associating it with "crimson". Today I finally got around to looking up whether that's a false cognate, and nope, it isn't: they're both from the Arabic qirmiz (i.e. Coccus ilicis, as in the red dye cochineal, i.e. the insect family from which it is prepared), ultimately from Sanskrit.
(Today I have learned a thing about entomology! "But Alex, don't you mean etym--" "No. It's a bug."*)
* If you can remember which web comic it was that I read this joke in recently I'd be very grateful.
(Today I have learned a thing about entomology! "But Alex, don't you mean etym--" "No. It's a bug."*)
* If you can remember which web comic it was that I read this joke in recently I'd be very grateful.
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Date: 2017-08-06 12:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2017-08-06 12:19 pm (UTC)RIGHT that sounds plausible! Thank you for the pointer <3
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Date: 2017-08-06 12:42 pm (UTC)Can't remember what the fuck it was, but I remember cackling hysterically about it and reblogging it. >.>