انكنار

See also: انگنار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek αγκινάρα (agkinára, artichoke), from Byzantine Greek ἀγκινάρα (ankinára), ultimately from Ancient Greek κινάρα (kinára).

Noun

انكنار • (enginar or inginar) (definite accusative انكناری (enginarı), plural انكنارلر (enginarlar))

  1. artichoke, a plant related to the thistle, with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)

Derived terms

  • انكنار باشی (enginar başı, artichoke head)
  • تازه انكنار (taze enginar, soft artichoke)
  • یابان انكناری (yaban enginarı, cardoon)

Descendants

  • Turkish: enginar
  • Albanian: engjinar
  • Armenian: էնկինար (ēnkinar)
  • Azerbaijani: ənginar
  • Ladino: endjinara
  • Persian: انگنار (angenâr, engenâr)
  • South Levantine Arabic: إنجنار (’inginār)

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