آجی الما
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Ottoman Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]From آجی (acı, “bitter”) + الما (elma, “apple”).
Noun
[edit]- colocynth, bitter apple, vine of Sodom, any viny plant of the species Citrullus colocynthis
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: acı elma
Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “acı elma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 92
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آجی الما”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 140
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آجی الما”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 189