منكشه

Ottoman Turkish

منكشه‌لر

Etymology

From Classical Persian (banafše, “violet”), itself from Middle Persian wnpšk' (wanafšag, “violet”).

Noun

منكشه • (menekşe) (plural منكشه‌لر)

violet, any flowering plant of the genus Viola

Derived terms

ایت منكشه‌سی (it menekşesi, “heath violet”)
فرنك منكشه‌سی (frenk menekşesi, “wallflower”)
مصر منكشه‌سی (mısır menekşesi, “periwinkle”)

Descendants

Turkish: menekşe
→ Albanian: menekshe
→ Armenian: մէնէքշէ (mēnēkʻšē)
→ Bulgarian: менекше́ (menekšé), мана́кше (manákše)
→ Greek: μενεξές (menexés)
→ Middle Armenian: մանօշայ (manōšay)
→ Romanian: micșunea
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: менѐкше, меневиш

Latin script: menèkše, meneviš

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “menekşe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3136
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “منكشه”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 465b
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “منكشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1238
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “menekşe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “منكشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2013

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