یر الماسی

Ottoman Turkish

یر الماسی

Etymology

From یر (yer, “earth”) + الما (elma, “apple”). Compare English earth-apple.

Noun

یر الماسی • (yer elması)

1. the name of various kind of plants or fungi:
   1. Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
   2. potato (Solanum tuberosum)
   3. truffle, any of various fungi in the genus Tuber
   4. morel, any of several fungi in the genus Morchella

Descendants

• Turkish: yer elması

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yer elması”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5296
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یر الماسی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189