mürver
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مرور (mürver), from Persian مروارید (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