شكر قامشی

Ottoman Turkish

شكر قامشی

Etymology

From شكر (şeker, “sugar”) + قامش (kamış, “reed, cane”).

Noun

شكر قامشی • (şeker kamışı)

1. sugar cane, a tropical plant whose sap is a source of sugar (Saccharum officinarum)

   Synonym: نیشكر (neyşeker)

Descendants

• Turkish: şeker kamışı
• → Armenian: շէքէր խամիշի (šēkʻēr xamiši)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “şeker kamışı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4451
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “شكر قامشی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 731
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شكر قامشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1132