كونه‌یك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From كونی (günü, “east; sunshiny place”) +‎ ـیق (-ik).

Noun

كونه‌یك • (güneyik)

dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
Synonym: هندبا (hindiba)
chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Synonym: هندبا (hindiba)
(by extension) any cichoraceous plant

Descendants

Turkish: güneyik

Further reading

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “güneyik”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كونه‌یك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1607

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