wash, washing, laundry (the act of cleaning with water; an instance thereof) · laundry (clothes that have been or are to be washed) · clothes, especially underwear
çekim: çoğul Wäschen · tamlayan Wäschen
eş: Geldwäsche, Dessous
köken: From Middle High German wesche, from Old High German wesca, from Proto-West Germanic *waski ~ *waskiju (not attested outside High German). Cognate with Luxembourgish Wäsch, Vilamovian weś, etc. With a different stem formation compare Dutch was, Old High German wasca. By surface analysis, waschen (“to wash”) + -e.
underwear, skivvies, underclothes, undergarment, undies · bedclothes, linen · washing (textiles that have been or are to be washed)
çekim: tamlayan белья́
köken: From бе́лый (bélyj) + -ьё (-ʹjó). Compare Polish bielizna. Also compare Hungarian fehérnemű, German Weißwaren, and English tighty whities or whites. Compare typologically Czech prádlo (“laundry (things to be laundered)”), prádélko (“diminutive of prádlo; lingerie”) (note бельи́шко (belʹíško)).
clothing, clothes · dress · washing (textiles that have been or are to be washed)
çekim: çoğul paltarlar · tamlayan paltarın
köken: Uncertain. Possibly cognate with Turkish partal (“worn-out”), from Persian پرتل (“pack, bundle, packet”), in which case derived through metathesis.