محبت چیچكی

Ottoman Turkish

محبت چیچكی

Etymology

From محبت (muhabbet, “friendly conversation, chat; love, affection”) + چیچك (çiçek, “flower, blossom”).

Noun

محبت چیچكی • (muhabbet çiçeği)

1. mignonette, any plant having greyish-green flowers and with a delicious fragrance of the species Reseda odorata

Descendants

• Turkish: muhabbet çiçeği

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muhabbet çiçeği”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3276
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محبت چیچكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1757