köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (TWRAmyš /gāw-mēš/, literally “cow-sheep”); compare Persian گاو (gâv, “cow”) and میش (miš, “ewe”) for the constituents. Old Armenian գոմէշ (gomēš), Classical Syriac ܓܡܘܫܐ (gāmōšā) and Old Georgian კამბეჩი (ḳambeči) are borrowed from Middle Iranian languages.
a buffalo, one of some mammals of the subfamily Bovinae, especially of the genus Bubalus or species Syncerus caffer
çekim: çoğul buffels
köken: From Middle Dutch buffel, from Old French buffle, from Italian bufalo (archaic buffalo), from Latin bubalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).
Buffalo (a major city, the county seat of Erie County, New York, USA; very near Niagara Falls) · Buffalo (a small city in Scott County, Iowa) · Buffalo (a city, the county seat of Wright County, Minnesota)
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Vulgar Latin *būvalusbor. Proto-Slavic *byvolъ Old Polish bawół Polish bawół Inherited from Old Polish bawół.
buffalo · water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) · laptop computer
çekim: çoğul भैंसें
köken: Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀲𑀻 (mahisī), from Sanskrit महिष (mahiṣa). Cognate with Nepali भैंसी (bha͠isī), Gujarati ભેંસ (bhẽs), Marathi म्हैस (mhais), Punjabi ਮ੍ਹੈਂਸ (mhains).
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бꙑволъ (byvolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ, from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos). Doublet of bour, which was inherited from Latin.