ازگیل

Ottoman Turkish

ازگیل

Etymology

From Persian ازگیل (azgil).

Noun

اَزگیل (ezgil)

  1. medlar
    Synonyms: دنگل (döngel), مشمله (muşmula), یڭی دنیا (yeñi dünya)

Descendants

Persian

Alternative forms

ازگیل
  • اژگیل (ažgil)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Possibly connected with Georgian ასკილი (asḳili, dog rose) and Middle Armenian զկեռ (zkeṙ, medlar).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /azˈɡil/

Noun

ازگیل (azgil)

  1. medlar

Descendants

Further reading

  • Bläsing, Uwe (2019), “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 20–21
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1975) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 21) (in German), volume IV, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 260
  • Pallas, Peter Simon (1784), “Mespilus germanica”, in Flora Rossica (in Latin), volume I, part I, St. Petersburg: Academy Press, page 29, recorded as asgyll
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