թավրնջակ

/tʰɑvɾənˈd͡ʒɑk/
ERMENICE → TR

Çekim Tablosu

çoğulթավրնջակներ

Tanım

•primrose

Etimoloji

From obsolete թաւրինջ (tʻawrinǰ, “velvet”) + -ակ (-ak), as a calque of Ottoman Turkish قطیفه چیچكی (kadife çiçeği, “marigold”, literally “velvet flower”). First attested in the second volume of HHB (1769) as a Grabar gloss to Ashkharhabar խատիֆէ (xatifē, “marigold”). Apparently, originally intended as a purism replacing խատիֆէ (xatifē), later it was assigned to Primula, the etymology having…

Kelime Ailesi

թավրնջագույն