یارپوز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From a derivation of Proto-Turkic *yal- (“name of different types of grass”).[1] Cognate with Kyrgyz жалбыз (jalbız, “mint”), Uzbek yalpiz (“mint”), Kazakh жалбыз (jalbyz, “mint”), etc.

Noun

یارپوز • (yarpuz)

pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
mint (earlier Ottoman)

Descendants

Turkish: yarpuz

See also

نانه (nane)

References

Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jal-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یارپوز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2182

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