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There is some truth in Anneza's idea: The Turkish language borrowed a lot from French but it does not borrow by spelling, it prefers to transcribe the borrowings phonetically, examples are otobüs "autobus" or kültür "culture". Of course, a straight borrowing of Mireille should result in Mirey instead of Miray, but it is tempting to let the moon come in, it is a symbol of beauty in the Near East.

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