Ottoman Turkish edit

 
چیچكلر

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *čeček (flower); cognate with Azerbaijani çiçək, Bashkir сәсәк (səsək), Chuvash ҫеҫке (śeśke), Kazakh шешек (şeşek), Kyrgyz чечек (cecek), Tatar чәчәк (çäçäk), Uyghur چېچەك (chëchek), Uzbek chechak and Yakut чэчик (cecik).

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چیچك (çiçek) (plural چیچكلر (çiçekler))

  1. (botany) flower, the colourful reproductive structure in angiosperms
    Synonyms: زهر (zehr), شكوفه (şukufe), گل (gül), ورد (verd)
  2. (pathology) smallpox, variola, a highly infectious disease caused by Variola virus
  3. (chemistry) flower, a substance which is condensed from sublimation

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