کاکوتی

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ككك اوتی (kekik otu, thyme), also kek otu.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? kākūtī
Dari reading? kākūtī
Iranian reading? kâkuti
Tajik reading? kokuti

Noun

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کاکوتی (kâkuti)

  1. Ziziphora of various species

References

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  • Bogdanov, Leonid (1932) “The Home and Life in Persia”, in Islamic Culture: The Hyderabad Quarterly Review, volume 6, number 2, page 291, who by apparent blunder derives from an unknown كلك اوتی (kelek otu), while glossing with ككلك اوتی (keklik otu, literally partridge grass), which is in the right botanical family but yet amiss of ككك اوتی (kekik otu, thyme) closest in form and meaning.
  • Schapka, Ulrich, Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979) “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 393, page 9b, who gives an invalid taxon.
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کاکوتی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, who only vaguely identifies as a herb.