mercan

Meaning

Noun

1. coral
2. coral (a hard substance made of the skeletons of these organisms.)
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) ellipsis of mercan balığı: Pagrus pagrus (common seabream)

Adj

coral, made of coral

Concepts

coral

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Translations

corail

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Koralle

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κοράλλι

koraal

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coral

koraal-

corallo

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corallium

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corall

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corallino

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مَرْجَان

corallina

coral

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: مرجان

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مرجان (mercan), from Old Anatolian Turkish مرجان (mercān), from Arabic مَرْجَان (marjān), from Classical Syriac ܡܪܰܓܳܢ (margān, “pearl-like”).