rush, bulrush, club-rush (grass-like plants of the genus Scirpus) · any of the sedges (plants) found by water or wetlands in several genera in the family Cyperaceae, most of which were once classified within the genus Scirpus
çekim: çoğul kaislat · tamlayan kaislan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *kaisla (*kaisila), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *gaisilaz (“staff, whip”) (compare German Geißel and Swedish gissel).
köken: Inherited from a Vulgar Latin *papura, from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros). Doublet of papir and papirus. Compare Megleno-Romanian papră.
cattail (any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places) · any article woven of cattail leaves and flower stalks, such as baskets, mats, etc.
çekim: çoğul gyékények
köken: From a Chuvash type Turkic language, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yẹgen (“rush”).
aile: gyékényes, gyékényez, gyékényfélék, gyékénykosár, gyékényszőnyeg, egy gyékényen árul
köken: Uncertain. Possibly from a root similar to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerbʰ- (“to turn (around), wind”) (compare corbis (“basket”), Ancient Greek κάρφος (kárphos, “stalk, straw”), and descendants of Proto-Balto-Slavic *karbás and Proto-West Germanic *korb (“basket”)), but an inherited origin for all of these is controversial. Even if scirp- is indeed related to this set, the phonetics (root vowel i,…
aile: nōdum in scirpō quaerere, scirpea, scirpeus, scirpiculus, scirpō, scirpula
CHREMĒS: At mihi ūnus scrūpulus etiam restat, quī mē male habet. PAMPHILUS: Dignus es / cum tuā religiōne odium: nōdum in scirpō quaeris.
bulrush, cattail, reedmace (wetland plant of genus Typha)
çekim: çoğul папу́ри
köken: Borrowed from Romanian papură, ultimately from Ancient Greek πᾰ́πῡρος (pắpūros), of unclear further origin. Doublet of папи́рус (papírus), meaning “papyrus” (borrowed directly from Greek).
Alteration of older Semde, from Middle High German semde, semede, from Old High German semid, semida. Related to Middle Low German semende, sēm (“bent, rush”).