mürver

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مرور (mürver), from Persian (morvârid, “pearl”), back-formed from expressions like mürver çiçeği, literally pearl flower, and constructions like yer mürveri (“dwarf elder”).

Noun

mürver (definite accusative mürveri, plural mürverler)

elder (Sambucus nigra)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mürver”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1817

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