بالدرغان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

See بالدران (baldıran, “poison hemlock”) for more information.

Noun

بالدرغان • (baldırğan)

1. asafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida)

   Synonyms: شیطان ترسی (şeytan tersi), حلتیت (hıltit)

2. laserwort (Laserpitium)
3. hogweed (Heracleum)

   Synonym: طاوشانجیل اوتی (tavşancıl otu)

Descendants

• Turkish: baldırgan, baldırğan (dialectal)

References

• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “بالدرغان”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 171