kendir

Crimean Tatar

kenevir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (hemp). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

Noun

kendir

  1. hemp, cannabis

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kendir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كندر (kendir, hemp), from Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (hemp).[1] Compare Hungarian kender, an Oghur Turkic loanword, Kazakh кендір (kendır). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

kendir

  1. hemp

Synonyms

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *kendir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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