English
alizari
Alizari comes from French alizari ‘madder root’, and goes back to Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری ‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’.
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آلاجهریala cehri‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’
- Greek1453–presentαλιζάριalizári‘madder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalizari‘madder root’
- Englishearliest quotation 1849same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928آلاجهریala cehri‘speckled buckthorn berries, i. e. yellow-berries’
- Greek1453–presentαλιζάριalizári‘madder’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentalizari‘madder root’
- Englishearliest quotation 1849same form
Earliest quotation: 1849, United States. Dept. of Agriculture: “the able Holland merchants dispersed it in all the…”
Every English word from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری
Today it means
noun The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری / alizari