لوفر

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Greek λουφάρι (loufári), a form of γουφάρι n (goufári), γοφάρι (gofári), from Mediaeval Byzantine Greek γο(υ)μφάριον (go(u)mphárion), from Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “bolt, dowel, nail”) + ending -άριον (-árion).

Noun

لوفر • (lüfer)

1. bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Descendants

• Turkish: lüfer
• → Bulgarian: лефе́р (lefér)

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لوفر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1646