چوما

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Romanian ciumă, from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμᾰ (kûma). Compare Tatar чума (çuma).

Noun

چوما • (çuma)

1. (pathology) plague (disease caused by Yersinia pestis)
2. plague

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چوما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 740