مقوا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Alteration of مقوی (“reinforced, strengthened, bolstered”), from Arabic مُقَوًّى (muqawwan), passive participle of قَوَّى (qawwā, “to strengthen, bolster”).

Noun

مقوا • (mukavva)

1. pasteboard, cardboard

Descendants

• Turkish: mukavva
• → Romanian: mucava

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مقوا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1211
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mukavva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مقوا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1949