Mêtî
pomme de terre
Mane (English)
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Synonyms
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/pɔm də tɛʁ/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
Literally, “apple of [the] earth”. The word pomme used to mean "fruit" in Old French. The French construction originated, as calques, Dutch aardappel, Icelandic jarðepli, Persian سیبزمینی (sib-zamini), Modern Hebrew תפוח אדמה (tapúakh adamá), the rare English earthapple, German Erdapfel, etc.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
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