آجی الما

Ottoman Turkish

آجی الما

Etymology

From آجی (acı, “bitter”) + الما (elma, “apple”).

Noun

آجی الما • (acı elma)

1. colocynth, bitter apple, vine of Sodom, any viny plant of the species Citrullus colocynthis

Descendants

• Turkish: acı elma

Further reading

• 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