مرسین

See also: مرسين

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْسِين (marsīn, “myrtle”), itself from Ancient Greek μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛɾˈsin/

Noun

مرسین • (mersin) (definite accusative مرسینی (mersini), plural مرسینلر (mersinler))

  1. myrtle, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus
    Synonym: مورد (murd)

Derived terms

  • طاغ مرسینی (dağ mersini, “bilberry”)
  • قره مرسین (kara mersin, “colicweed”)
  • قزاق مرسینی (kazak mersini, “smoked sturgeon”)
  • مرسین بالغی (mersin balığı, “sturgeon”)
  • یابان مرسینی (yaban mersini, “butcher's broom”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: mersin
  • → Azerbaijani: mərsin

Proper noun

مرسین • (mersin)

  1. Mersin (a city and province in the Mediterranean region, Turkey)
    Synonym: ایچ ایل (iç el)

Descendants

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