تره

See also: بزه, بره, and برة

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• تره اوتی (tere otu)

Etymology

From Persian تره (tare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛˈɾɛ/

Noun

تره • (tere)

1. cress

Descendants

• Turkish: tere, tere otu
• → Armenian: թառա (tʻaṙa), թէրէ (tʻērē)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (tlk’ /⁠tarrag⁠/, “vegetable”), from [script needed] (tl’ /⁠tarr⁠/, “wet, moist”), compare تر (tar, “wet”).

Noun

تره • (tarre, tare)

1. (archaic) garden herb in general, especially beets, spinach, cresses, leek, parsley, pot-herb
2. (Iran) Iranian leek, Persian leek (Allium ampeloprasum subsp. persicum, a specific cultivar of the great-headed garlic, Allium ampeloprasum)

Derived terms

• تره‌فرنگی (tare-farangi)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: tərə
• → Ottoman Turkish: تره (tere), تره اوتی (tere otu)
  • Turkish: tere, tere otu
  • → Armenian: թառա (tʻaṙa), թէրէ (tʻērē)