كمركان

Early Old Oghuz

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (küvürgen).

Noun

كُمُرْكانْ (kömürgēn)

  1. hyacinthoides

Descendants

  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Gagauz: kömüren
    • Ottoman Turkish:
      • Turkish: (dialectal) körmen

References

  • al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 522
  • körmen”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982