كونه‌یك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كونی (günü, “east; sunshiny place”) +‎ ـیق (-ik).

Noun

كونه‌یك • (güneyik)

1. dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)

   Synonym: هندبا (hindiba)

2. chicory (Cichorium intybus)

   Synonym: هندبا (hindiba)

3. (by extension) any cichoraceous plant

Descendants

• Turkish: güneyik

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güneyik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كونه‌یك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1607