منكشه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Classical Persian بنفشه (banafše, “violet”), itself from Middle Persian wnpšk' (wanafšag, “violet”).
Noun[edit]
منكشه • (menekşe) (plural منكشهلر)
Derived terms[edit]
- ایت منكشهسی (it menekşesi, “heath violet”)
- فرنك منكشهسی (frenk menekşesi, “wallflower”)
- مصر منكشهسی (mısır menekşesi, “periwinkle”)
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: menekşe
- → Albanian: menekshe
- → Armenian: մէնէքշէ (mēnēkʻšē)
- → Bulgarian: менекше́ (menekšé), мана́кше (manákše)
- → Greek: μενεξές (menexés)
- → Middle Armenian: մանօշայ (manōšay)
- → Romanian: micșunea
- → Serbo-Croatian:
Further reading[edit]
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “menekşe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3136
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “منكشه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 465b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منكشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1238
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “menekşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منكشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2013