نركس

See also: نرگس

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • نرجس (nercis) (via Arabic instead of Classical Persian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگس (nargis), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nlgs /⁠nargis⁠/), from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Noun

نرگس • (nergis)

  1. the narcissus
  2. the eye of a beauty

Descendants

  • Turkish: nergis

Further reading

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