semizotu

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سمیز اوت (semiz ot),^[1]^[2] can be analyzed as semiz (“fat”, adj) +‎ ot (“grass, herb”) +‎ -u (possessive suffix). The unusual possessive suffix in an adjective compound is possibly a remnant from former semizlik otu.

Cognate with Uyghur سېمىزئوت (sëmiz'ot, “common purslane”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /seˈmi.zo.tu/
Hyphenation: se‧mi‧zo‧tu

Noun

semizotu (definite accusative semizotunu, plural semizotları)

common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	semizotu
Definite accusative	semizotunu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	semizotu	semizotları
Definite accusative	semizotunu	semizotlarını
Dative	semizotuna	semizotlarına
Locative	semizotunda	semizotlarında
Ablative	semizotundan	semizotlarından
Genitive	semizotunun	semizotlarının

References

^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمیز اوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1080
^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمیز اوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 692