كوكرجین اوتی

Ottoman Turkish

گوگرجین اوتی

Etymology

From گوگرجین (güvercin, “pigeon”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”); compare Ancient Greek περῐστέρῐον (perĭstérĭon, “vervain”), a development from περιστερᾱ́ (peristerā́, “pigeon”).

Noun

گوگرجین اوتی • (güvercin otu)

1. vervain, any herbaceous plant in the genus Verbena

   Synonyms: بارسطاریون (baristaryon), مینه (mine), مینه چیچكی (mine çiçeği)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كوكرجین اوتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1056
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كوكرجین اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1599