onion, Allium cepa (plant; bulb) · onion (plant of the genus Allium) · onion, Allium (genus)
çekim: çoğul sipulit · tamlayan sipulin
köken: Borrowed from Late Old Swedish sipul /sipol (“red onion”), from Middle Low German sipolle (compare German Zwiebel), from Late Latin cepulla (diminutive of Latin cepa).
bulb (especially an edible bulb such as the onion)
çekim: çoğul bulbī · tamlayan bulbī
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós)bor. Latin bulbus Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós, “plant with round swelling on underground stem”).
onion (plant, Allium cepa) · onion (the edible bulb of this plant) · bulb, tuber (a short underground rhizome, which accumulates nutrients)
çekim: çoğul sibulad · tamlayan sibula
köken: From Middle Low German sipolle, ultimately from Late Latin cēpulla. First attested in 1637. The ethnic slur might originate from the resemblance of the domes of Russian Orthodox churches to onion bulbs (noun sense 4). Alternatively, the (derogatory) association of Russians with onions could come from Old Believers, who have traditionally inhabited the shores of Lake Peipus, which is known for its…
aile: sibulake, sibulane, sibulik, sibuljas, punane sibul, roheline sibul, emasibul, haistmissibul, hüatsindisibul, karvasibul