عقرب اوتی

Ottoman Turkish

عقرب اوتی

Etymology

From عقرب (ʿakreb, “scorpion”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

Noun

عقرب اوتی • (ʿakreb otu)

1. scorpion's-tail, any leguminous plant in the genus Scorpiurus

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عقرب اوتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 854
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقرب اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1311