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yarpuz

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish یارپوز (yarpuz, “pennyroyal”),[1] from a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yal- (“name of different types of grass”).[2] Cognate with Kyrgyz жалбыз (jalbız, “mint”), Uzbek yalpiz (“mint”), Kazakh жалбыз (jalbyz, “mint”), etc.

Noun

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yarpuz

  1. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

See also

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Further reading

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  • “yarpuz”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

References

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  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارپوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182
  2. ^ 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
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