Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From آلا (ala, spotted; speckled; pied; striped; variegated) +‎ جهری (cehri, the yellowberry, fruit of Rhamnus infectorius etc.).

Noun

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آلاجهری (ala cehri)

  1. speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries, fruit of Rhamnus infectorius or Rhamnus amygdalinus, used as a dye (called alizaris in the Levant)

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ալաժահրի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 90b
  • Baytop, Turhan (2007) “ala cehri”, in Türkçe bitki adları sözlüğü [Dictionary of Turkish Plant Names] (Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınlan; 578), 3rd edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, pages 27–28
  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, page 28
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آلاجهری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 180a