Etymology

alizari

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Today it means: The madder of the Levant; wild madder (Rubia peregrina). Full definition →

French alizari ← Greek αλιζάρι ← Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری
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The story

  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromآلاجهری
  2. Greek · derived fromαλιζάρι“madder”
  3. French · borrowed fromalizari“madder root (commercial name)”
  4. English todayalizari

From French alizari (“madder root (commercial name)”), from Greek αλιζάρι (alizári, “madder”), from Ottoman Turkish آلاجهری (ala cehri).

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