دوه الماسی

Ottoman Turkish

دوه الماسی

Etymology

Compound of دوه (deve, “camel”) +‎ الما (elma, “apple”); compare the synonymous Middle Armenian word ըղտու խնծոր (əġtu xncor, literally “camel's apple”).

Noun

دوه الماسی • (deve elması)

1. eryngo, sea holly, any of several plants in the genus Eryngium

Descendants

• Turkish: deve elması

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “deve elması”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1185
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دوه الماسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوه الماسی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189