zerdeva

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish زردوا (zerdeva).

Noun

zerdeva (definite accusative zerdevayı, plural zerdevalar)

1. pine marten, Martes martes (animal and its fur)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “zerdeva”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume V, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5458a