اوغل اوتی

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

From اوغل (oġul, son) + اوت (ot, grass, herb).

Noun

اوغل اوتی • (oġul otı)

  1. lemon balm, a perennial herb of the species Melissa officinalis, predominantly found in southern Europe
    Synonyms: اوغلان اوتی (oġlan otı), بادرن (bādren), بادرنجبویه (bādrencbūya), بادرنجورك (bādrencūrik), بخیه (beḫuya), دادرنبود (dādrenbūd)

Descendants

  • Ottoman Turkish: اوغل اوتی, օղուլ օթու (oğul otu)Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: oğul otu

Further reading

  • Çetin, Hasan Ali (2020) “oġul otı”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Eczacılık ve Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Pharmacy and Medicine Dictionary] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1365)‎[1], 2025 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 228

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish اوغل اوتی (oġul otı), from اوغل (oğul, son; swarm of bees) + اوت (ot, grass, herb).

Noun

اوغل اوتی • (oğul otu)

  1. lemon balm, a perennial herb of the species Melissa officinalis, predominantly found in southern Europe
    Synonyms: ترنجان (turuncan), قوغان اوتی (koğan otu)

Descendants

Further reading