آلتون طوپ

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From آلتون (altun, altın, “gold; golden”) + طوپ (top, “ball”).

Noun

آلتون طوپ • (altun top, altın top)

  1. either of three different kinds of flowering plants:
    1. the daffodil, any of various bulbous plants of the genus Narcissus
      Synonym: نركس (nergis)
    2. the abelmosk, a tropical, evergreen shrub of the species Abelmoschus moschatus
      Synonym: عنبر چیچكی (ʼanber çiçeği)
    3. the common mallow or cheeses, a plant of the species Malva sylvestris

Descendants

  • Turkish: altıntop
  • →⇒ Armenian: Ալթունթոփյան / Ալթունթօփան (Altʻuntʻopʻyan), Ալթընթոփյան / Ալթընթօփեան (Altʻəntʻopʻyan)

Further reading

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