yarpuz

Turkish

Etymology

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 (jalbız, “mint”), etc.

Noun

yarpuz

  1. pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)

See also

Further reading
  • yarpuz in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “یارپوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, 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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