any plant of the genus Origanum · oregano (Origanum vulgare) · tuft (of a plant, of hair etc.)
çekim: çoğul Doste · tamlayan Dostes
eş: Büschel, Oregano
köken: From Middle High German doste, from Old High German dost, dosto (“origanum; tuft”). Further origin unknown. According to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”), see also Norwegian tust (“tuft”), Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”). Compare Middle Low German doste (either cognate or from the High German).
marjoram (O. majorana), a plant of the mint family.
çekim: çoğul maiōranae · tamlayan maiōranae
köken: Attested from the 13th century. Apparently an alteration with influence from maior (“greater”) of the form mezurana, ultimately from Sanskrit मरुव (maruva, “marjoram”). According to Roberts, however, it is simply a variant of amāracus. Attested from the 6th century, mezurana replaced Classical amāracus, which was also derived from the Sanskrit word.