كومرن

Ottoman Turkish

كومرن

Alternative forms

• گومرن (gümüren)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kemürgen (“wild onion or garlic”); cognate with Khakas кӧбiрген, Kyrgyz көбүргөн (köbürgön), Southern Altai кӧбӱрген (köbürgen), Tofa көгирҺен (kögirhen) and Tuvan көгүрөн (kögürön).

Noun

كومرن • (kömüren)

1. round-headed leek, a species of wild onion (Allium rotundum)

Descendants

• Turkish: kömüren

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kömüren”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2783
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كومرن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1060
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كومرن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1604