wallflower (Erysimum cheiri syn. Cheiranthus cheiri) · a woman or a girl that isn't asked for a dance (and therefore only stands against the wall) (usually in the diminutive)
violet, especially Viola odorata · wallflower, especially Erysimum cheiri
çekim: çoğul violae · tamlayan violae
köken: Related to Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) (from ϝίον). Probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean substrate language. See also Middle Persian wnpšk'.
stock (Matthiola genus and species) · wallflower (Erysimum syn. Cheiranthus genus and species)
çekim: çoğul շահպրակներ
köken: Does not seem to be attested in Old or Middle Armenian. The earliest appearance is in the second volume of HHB (1769) as a Grabar gloss to Ashkharhabar շէհպօյ (šēhpōy). According to Ačaṙean, created by some modern author as Classical Persian شاهپری /شهبری /شهبوی (šāhparī, šahbarī, šahbōy, “ambergris”) + -ակ (-ak) and massaged to look like a classical word borrowed from Middle Iranian. Note that…