In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
BURSAS
Noun
bursas
plural of bursa
Source: Wiktionary
BURSA
Bur"sa, n.; pl. Bursæ (. Etym: [L. See Burse.] (Anat.)
Definition: Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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