List of English Words of Turkic Origin - P

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Paklava

modification of Turkish baklava

Parandja

from Uzbek, a heavy black horsehair veil worn by women of Central Asia.

Pasha

from Turkish paşa, earlier basha, from bash "head, chief" which equates to "Sir"

Pashalic

from Turkish paşalık, "title or rank of pasha", from paşa: the jurisdiction of a pasha or the territory governed by him

Pastrami

from Yiddish pastrame, from Romanian pastrama, ultimately from Turkish pastırma

Petcheneg

from Russian pecheneg, which is from Turkic. Member of a Turkic people invading the South Russian, Danubian, and Moldavian steppes during the early Middle Ages.

Pirogi

from Yiddish, from Russian, plural of pirog (pie), perhaps borrowed from Kazan Tatar, (cf. Turk. börek)

Pul

from Persian pul, which is from Turkish pul. A unit of value of Afghanistan equal to 1/100 Afghani.