pygmy (a member of various African peoples noted for their low stature) · pygmy (a member of a mythological race of dwarfs) · pygmy (any dwarfish person)
çekim: çoğul pigmeus
köken: From Latin pygmaeus, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos).
köken: First attested in the Bak Tongsa eonhae (朴通事諺解 / 박통사언해), 1677, as Early Modern Korean 난장이 (Yale: nancang.i). Possibly equivalent to 낮- (nat-, “low”) + -은 (-eun) + -쟁이 (-jaeng'i).
pygmy (member of one of the various tribes in Africa or Asia that are characterized by a short stature) · pygmy (member of a race of mythical dwarfs living in the South) · pygmy (a small or insignificant person)
çekim: çoğul pygmæer · tamlayan pygmæs
köken: Via Latin pygmaeus from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “mythical dwarf”), derived from the noun πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”)