Where does “çobaniğnesi” come from?

çobaniğnesi (Turkish) comes from Turkish çoban, from Ottoman Turkish چوبان, from Persian چوپان, from Pahlavi šubān, from Old Persian fšupāna-, from Old Persian fšu- — sheep.

çobaniğnesi (Turkish): geranium, cranesbill, any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, in the family Geraniaceae

Definitions

  1. geranium, cranesbill, any flowering plant of the genus Geranium, in the family Geraniaceae

Ancestry of “çobaniğnesi”, step by step

çobaniğnesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish çoban

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçobanshepherd
2Ottoman Turkishچوبانshepherd
3Persianچوپانshepherd
4Pahlavišubān
5Old Persianfšupāna-
6Old Persianfšu-sheep

via Turkish iğne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishiğneneedle; injection
2Ottoman Turkishایكنهneedle, a long, thin and sharp implement used in sewing, knitting and embroidery
3Proto-Turkic*igneneedle
Every word from Old Persian fšu-Every word from Old Persian fšupāna-Every word from Pahlavi šubān
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