semizotu

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سمیز اوت (semiz ot),[1][2] can be analyzed as semiz (“fat”, adjective) +‎ ot (“grass, herb”) +‎ -u (possessive suffix). The unusual possessive suffix in an adjective compound is possibly a remnant from former semizlik otu.

Cognate with Uyghur سېمىزئوت (sëmiz'ot, “common purslane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈmi.zo.tu/
  • Hyphenation: se‧mi‧zo‧tu

Noun

semizotu (definite accusative semizotunu, plural semizotları)

  1. common purslane (Portulaca oleracea)

Declension

Declension of semizotu
singular plural
nominative semizotu semizotları
definite accusative semizotunu semizotlarını
dative semizotuna semizotlarına
locative semizotunda semizotlarında
ablative semizotundan semizotlarından
genitive semizotunun semizotlarının

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمیز اوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1080
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمیز اوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 692

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