یارپوز
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Etymology
[edit]From a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yal- (“name of different types of grass”).[1] Cognate with Kyrgyz жалбыз (jalbız, “mint”), Uzbek yalpiz (“mint”), Kazakh жалбыз (jalbyz, “mint”), etc.
Noun
[edit]یارپوز • (yarpuz)
- pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- mint (earlier Ottoman)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: yarpuz
See also
[edit]- نانه (nane)
References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارپوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182