köken: May be the Aramaic בֻּסְרָא (busrā) / בּוּסְרָא (busrā) / ܒܣܪܐ (*busrā, “unripe grape”), elsewhere known as Slavic бисер / biser “pearl”, with typical Persian consonant switch as in شمشار (šemšâr) → شمشاد (šemšâd, “box”). But compare بستام (bestâm, “coral”), also a known form.
köken: From Arabic مَرْجَان (marjān), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān, “pearl-like”), from ܡܰܪܓܳܢܺܝܬܳܐ (margānīṯā, “pearl”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).
köken: From Arabic مَرْجَان (marjān) or Persian مرجان (marjân, “coral; small pearl”) Cognate with Tatar мәрҗән (märcän), Uzbek marjon, Turkish mercan, etc.
coral (any of various coralline tiny organisms of the class Anthozoa, notably of genus Corallium, who live in marine colonies) · coral (calceous substance produced by coralline organisms while building their colonies)
çekim: çoğul koralen
eş: koraalkleur, koraalkleurig
köken: From Middle Dutch corael, from Old French coral, from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion); see coral for more.