مرسین

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْسِين‎ (marsīn), itself from Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē).

• IPA^(key): /mɛɾˈsin/

مرسین • (mersin)

1. myrtle (Myrtus communis)

   Synonym: مورد‎ (murd)

• مرسین بالغی‎ (mersin balığı, “sturgeon”)

• Turkish: mersin
• → Azerbaijani: mərsin

Mersin province

مرسین • (Mersin)

1. Mersin (a city and province of Turkey)

• Turkish: Mersin

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• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مرسین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1812