قوغان اوتی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- قوان اوتی (kovan otu)
Etymology
From قوغان (koğan, “hive”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).
Noun
- lemon balm, a perennial herb of the species Melissa officinalis, predominantly found in southern Europe
Descendants
- Turkish: kovan otu
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kovan otu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2763
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قوان”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 371a
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوغان اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1490