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erişte.

kesme, kind of homemade noodles or vermicelli prepared by laying long, thin strips of dough out to dry

6 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/eˈɾiʃ.te/
  1. kesme, kind of homemade noodles or vermicelli prepared by laying long, thin strips of dough out to dry

  2. synonym of deniz yosunu (“seaweed”)

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ارشته (erişte), from Classical Persian رِشْتَه (rišta), ultimately from Middle Persian 𐭥𐭱𐭲𐭢 (lštk' /⁠rištag⁠/). For the initial e- compare oruç (“fasting, abstinence”) and orospu (“whore, bitch, slut”).

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