ısırgan

Concepts

nettle

stinging-nettle

Synonyms

ballıbaba

isırgan

Translations

ortie

Nessel

ortiga

ortiga

τσουκνίδα

ortica

brandnetel

netel

urtiga

قُرَّاص

urtīca

urtica

قراص

Brennnessel

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: اصرغان

Cognate with Yakut: ытырыык от

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish اصرغان (ısırgan), morphologically ısır- (“to bite”) + -gan (“habitual suffix”), literally “that which bites a lot”. Compare Yakut ытырыык от (ïtïrïïk ot, “nettle”).