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Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Pontic Greek χαμόφτα (chamófta), χαμούφτα (chamoúfta).
Noun
hamofta (dialectal, Trabzon)
- wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
- Synonym: yaban çileği
References
- Tietze, Andreas (2009) “hamofta”, in Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), volume 2, Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 247b
- “hamofta”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 7, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1974, page 2268a
- Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33) (in German), Vienna: Academy Press, § 584, page 136