Where does “aspur” come from?

aspur (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آصپور, from Arabic عصفر, from Arabic أَصْفَر — yellow.

aspur (Turkish): safflower, bastard saffron, any cultivated, thistle-like plant of the species Carthamus tinctorius

Definitions

  1. safflower, bastard saffron, any cultivated, thistle-like plant of the species Carthamus tinctorius

Ancestry of “aspur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآصپور—
2Arabicعصفرthe seeds of the safflower; the petals of the...
3Arabicأَصْفَرyellow
Every word from Arabic أَصْفَر →Every word from Arabic عصفر →Every word from Ottoman Turkish آصپور →
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