тарос

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • та́рхос (tárhos), та́рхус (tárhus), та́рус (tárus)

Etymology

From an unattested masculine byform of Byzantine Greek ταρχόν (tarkhón) from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn, tarragon), also the origin of Serbo-Croatian trkos. Doublet of тарху́н (tarhún, tarragon), which has come to Bulgarian from Arabic via Turkish.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaros]

Noun

та́рос • (táros) m

  1. tarragon, estragon (Artemisia dracunculus, growing plant and processed form)
    Synonyms: естраго́н (estragón), тарху́н (tarhún)

Declension

Descendants

  • Macedonian: тарос (taros)

References

  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “тархос”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 830
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