مسینه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

Proper noun

مسینه • (Mesine)

1. Messina (a city in Sicily, Italy).

Noun

مسینه • (mesine)

1. gut, the sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon
2. (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^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1861