köken: Related to Central Kurdish قاشقاشە (qaşqaşe), Pashto قشقاق (qašqâš), قاشقاش (qâšqâš), and further likely to Middle Armenian կակաչ (kakačʻ), Georgian ყაყაჩო (q̇aq̇ačo), Karachay-Balkar къачхач (qaçxaç), Kumyk шакъшакъ (şaqşaq), Abaza къвашвхӏа (qʷʼašʷḥa), East Circassian ӏущхьэ (ʼwuśḥɛ), Japanese 芥子 (けし, keshi), all denoting "(opium) poppy". According to Pictet, ultimately from Sanskrit खस्खस…
opium · opium poppy, Papaver somniferum · anything that numbs, stupefies or brings one in a frantic state
çekim: çoğul αφιόνια · tamlayan αφιονιού
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ἀφιόνι(ον) (aphióni(on)), a medieval αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”), from Ottoman Turkish آفیون (afyon, “opium”), ultimately a reborrowing from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).