نیشكر
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See also: نیشکر
Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian نیشکر (neyšakar, “sugar cane”), a compound of نی (ney, “cane, reed”) + شکر (šakar, “sugar”).
Noun[edit]
نیشكر • (neyşeker)
- sugar cane, a tropical plant whose sap is a source of sugar (Saccharum officinarum)
- Synonym: شكر قامشی (şeker kamışı)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: neyşeker
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “neyşeker”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3538
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نیشكر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1295
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نیشكر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2119