kurtboğan

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قورت بوغان (kurt boğan, “aconite, wolfsbane”); equivalent to kurt (“wolf”) +‎ boğan (“strangling”).

Noun

kurtboğan (definite accusative kurtboğanı, plural kurtboğanlar)

  1. aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, any of various poisonous plants in the genus Aconitum
    Synonym: boğan otu

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