عقرب اوتی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From عقرب (ʿakreb, “scorpion”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

Noun

عقرب اوتی • (ʿakreb otu)

scorpion's-tail, any leguminous plant in the genus Scorpiurus

Further reading

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عقرب اوتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 854
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عقرب اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1311

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