خیارشنبه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • خیارجنبر (hıyarcember), خیارچنبر (hıyarçember), خیارشنبر (hıyarşember)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خیار چنبر (xiyâr čanbar, “golden rain tree”), from خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”) + چنبر (čanbar, “circle, hoop”).

Noun

خیارشنبه • (hıyarşembe)

  1. golden shower, golden rain tree, any flowering plant of the species Cassia fistula
    Synonym: هند خیاری (hind hıyarı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: hıyarşembe

Further reading

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