اسقوربوت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorbut (“scurvy”), possibly from Old Norse skyrbjúgr (“scurvy”), a compound of skyr (“sour milk”) + bjúgr (“swelling, tumour”).

Noun

اسقوربوت • (iskorbüt)

1. scurvy, a disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to spongy gums and loosening of the teeth

Descendants

• Turkish: iskorbüt

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “iskorbüt”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2220
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اسقوربوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 90
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “iskorbüt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اسقوربوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 111