چایر اوتی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From چایر (çayır, “meadow”) + اوت (ot, “grass, herb”).

Noun

چایر اوتی • (çayır otu)

meadow grass, any grass that thrives in the moist conditions of meadows

Descendants

Turkish: çayır otu

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “çayır otu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 907
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چایر اوتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 466
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چایر اوتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 712

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