2006-08-11 07:59:22 · 16 answers · asked by an in fl 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Here's a good link with info at wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiosk
2006-08-11 08:05:23 · answer #1 · answered by brjacobso 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word kiosk was originally taken into English from Turkish word meaning Pavillion. The open structures referred to by the Turkish word were used as summerhouses in Turkey and Persia. The first recorded use of kiosk in English was in 1625.
2006-08-11 08:09:53 · answer #2 · answered by freefloatingelectron 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word kiosk was originally taken into English from Turkish.
2006-08-11 08:07:36 · answer #3 · answered by minty1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
smellyteddy says: " It sound Russian. However on a translator it translated kiosk in russian to kiosk in english so no differance nowadays"
2006-08-11 08:00:53 · answer #4 · answered by Smellyteddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It comes from a Turkish word meaning a little building set in a garden.
2006-08-11 08:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by JLD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hiya,
It's anchient Persian for "Garden pavillion"
The kiosk is the grandaddy of the Conservatory!
2006-08-11 08:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by zebra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kiosk
1625, "open pavilion," from Fr. kiosque, from Turk. koshk "pavilion, palace," from Pers. kushk "palace, portico." Modern sense influenced by Brit. telephone kiosk (1928).
2006-08-12 06:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by statistics 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a turkish word meaning something like a gazebo or summer house
2006-08-11 08:11:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dictionary says it comes from Turkish kiushk, meaning pavilion, ultimately from Persian gus
2006-08-11 08:04:41 · answer #9 · answered by mlamb56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a word the Turks use to describe a small hut used to sell stuff.
2006-08-11 08:06:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋