ebegümeci
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابه كومجی (ebe gümeci, “mallow”); equivalent to ebe (“midwife”) + gümeç (“honeycomb”).
Noun
ebegümeci (definite accusative ebegümecini, plural ebegümeçleri)
- mallow, any of a group of flowering plants in several genera of the taxonomic family Malvaceae, especially of the genus Malva
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ebegümeci | ebegümeçleri |
| definite accusative | ebegümecini | ebegümeçlerini |
| dative | ebegümecine | ebegümeçlerine |
| locative | ebegümecinde | ebegümeçlerinde |
| ablative | ebegümecinden | ebegümeçlerinden |
| genitive | ebegümecinin | ebegümeçlerinin |
Further reading
- “ebegümeci”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ebegümeci”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “ebegümeci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1351