ایلغین

Ottoman Turkish

ایلغین

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yïlgun (tamarisk).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

ایلغین • (ılğın)

  1. tamarisk, salt cedar, any shrub of the genus Tamarix
    Synonyms: طرفا (tarfa), گز (gez)
Derived terms
  • آجی ایلغین (acı ılgın, bitter tamarisk)
  • آق ایلغین (ak ılgın, white tamarisk)
  • ایلغینلق (ılgınlık, jungle of tamarisk)
Descendants
  • Turkish: ılgın

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jɨlgun”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

Ilgın district

Etymology 2

From Byzantine Greek Λάγεινα (Lágeina).

Proper noun

ایلغین • (ılgın)

  1. Ilgın (a town and district in Konya province, Turkey)
Descendants
Further reading
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