сармис

Mongolian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sarïmsag from Proto-Turkic *sarɨmsak, perhaps a derivation of *sarma- (“to wrap”) [1], for further possible cognates, see Chinese 蒜 (suàn).

Compare Dongxiang samusa, Turkish sarımsak.

Pronunciation

Noun

сармис • (sarmis); (hidden-n declension )

  1. garlic

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 853
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