كوكرجین اوتی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From گوگرجین (güvercin, “pigeon”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”); compare Ancient Greek περῐστέρῐον (perĭstérĭon, “vervain”), a development from περιστερᾱ́ (peristerā́, “pigeon”).
Noun
- vervain, any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena
- Synonyms: بارسطاریون (baristaryon), مینه (mine), مینه چیچكی (mine çiçeği)
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوكرجین اوتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1056
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوكرجین اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1599