mürver

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرور (mürver), from Persian مروارید (morvârid, “pearl”), back-formed from expressions like mürver çiçeği, literally pearl flower, and constructions like yer mürveri (“dwarf elder”).

Noun

mürver (definite accusative mürveri, plural mürverler)

1. elder (Sambucus nigra)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mürver”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1817