acur
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آجور (acur, “a kind of cucumber”),[1] shares common origin with Arabic عَجُّور (ʕajjūr), derived from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριν (angoúrin), derived from Ancient Greek άγγος (ángos).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]acur (definite accusative acuru, plural acurlar)
- Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, a slender, long, light green fruit from the melon family; Armenian cucumber, snake cucumber, snake melon.
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | acur | |
Definite accusative | acuru | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | acur | acurlar |
Definite accusative | acuru | acurları |
Dative | acura | acurlara |
Locative | acurda | acurlarda |
Ablative | acurdan | acurlardan |
Genitive | acurun | acurların |
References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آجور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 31
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “acur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “acur”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu