yavşan

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یاوشان (yavşan), from Proto-Turkic *yabĺan (“wormwood”). Cognate with Turkmen ýowşan, Karakhanid [script needed] (japčan, javčan). Related to yapış- (“to cling to”).

Noun

yavşan

  1. artemisia

Further reading

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