mercimek
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Turkish
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Lens_culinaris_seeds.jpg/220px-Lens_culinaris_seeds.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرجمك, from Persian مرجمک (marjomak), vulgarized from مردمك (merdümek) and مردمک (mardomak) respectively.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mercimek (definite accusative mercimeği, plural mercimekler)
- The lentil plant (Lens culinaris), or the seeds of this plant used as food
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرجمك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1147
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mercimek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “mercimek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu