different between palak vs saag

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (p?lak), from Sanskrit ??????? (p?laky?).

Noun

palak (uncountable)

1. (India, cooking) Spinach or similar greens (including Amaranthus species and Chenopodium album).

Anagrams

• Palka, kalpa, klapa

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian ????? (balax), dialectal ????? (p?alax).

Noun

palak (definite accusative pala??, plural palaklar)

1. (dialectal, Artvin) leaf
2. (dialectal, Ahlat) a tender soft grass that grows in wet places
3. (dialectal, Artvin) short grass that grows again after being mowed
4. (dialectal, Divri?i) crop sown early that remains short and does not form ears
5. (dialectal, Çemi?gezek, A??n, Urfa, Ankara) dry grass
6. (dialectal, Ahlat) type of grass eaten by animals
7. (dialectal, Ardanuç) time of crop to form ears
8. (dialectal, Pulur) dry grass

Declension

Related terms

• pala?, pala?, palax

References

• “pala? (II)”, in Türkiye'de halk a?z?ndan derleme sözlü?ü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3382a
• “palak (IV), (V)”, in Türkiye'de halk a?z?ndan derleme sözlü?ü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), volume 9, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1977, page 3382b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 41, page 24
• Bläsing, Uwe (1992) Armenisches Lehngut im Türkeitürkischen am Beispiel von Hem?in (Dutch Studies in Armenian Language and Literature; 2) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, § 101, pages 64–65

English

Alternative forms

• sag

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (s?g).

Noun

saag (uncountable)

1. An Indian dish made from greens (usually spinach) cooked down to a thick paste.

Anagrams

• AGAs, Agas, GAAs, Saga, agas, saga

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German sage.

Noun

saag (genitive sae, partitive saagi)

1. saw

Declension

Related terms

• saagima

Tiruray

Noun

saag

1. floor

Wolof

Noun

saag

1. bag