Etymology

martagon

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Today it means: The Turk's cap lily (Lilium martagon). Full definition →

Middle French martagon ← Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?]
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  1. Old Anatolian Turkish · derived from[Term?]
  2. Middle French · borrowed frommartagon
  3. English todaymartagon

From Middle French martagon, from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?] (Ottoman Turkish مارطغان, modern Turkish martağan), originally a style of turban.

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