كیمیا

See also: کیمیا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic كِيمِيَاء (kīmiyāʔ, “chemistry”), from Ancient Greek χῠμείᾱ (khŭmeíā).

Noun

كیمیا • (kimiya or kimya)

1. alchemy
2. chemistry

Descendants

• Turkish: kimya

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كیمیا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1068
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كیمیا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1615