پرنال

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پرنار (pırnar)

Etymology

From Greek πουρνάρι (pournári) or πρινάρι (prinári, “kermes oak”), both diminutive of Ancient Greek πρῖνος (prînos).

Noun

پرنال • (pırnal)

1. holly (Ilex aquifolium)

Descendants

• Turkish: pırnal

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pırnal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3845
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پرنال”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 320
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pırnal”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پرنال”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 444