نركس

See also: نرگس

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • نرجس (nercis) (via Arabic instead of Classical Persian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نرگس (nargis), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (nlgs /⁠nargis⁠/), ultimately from Ancient Greek νάρκισσος (nárkissos).

Noun

نركس • (nergis) (definite accusative نركسی (nergisi), plural نركسلر (nergisler))

  1. narcissus, daffodil, any of several bulbous flowering plants of the genus Narcissus
  2. (poetic) the eye of a beauty

Derived terms

  • نركس شهلا (nergis-i şehlâ, “blueish eye”)
  • نركسدان (nergisdân, “bed of narcissus plants”)
  • نركسی (nergisî, “pertaining to or resembling a narcissus”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: nergis

Further reading

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