yarpuz
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish یارپوز (yarpuz, “pennyroyal”),[1] from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yal- (“name of different types of grass”).[2] Cognate with Kyrgyz жалбыз (jalbız, “mint”), Uzbek yalpiz (“mint”), Kazakh жалбыз (jalbyz, “mint”), etc.
Noun edit
yarpuz
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “yarpuz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
References edit
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارپوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill