«Βαυτζ̆ίν» Πηγή: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daucus_carota_%E2%80%94_Flora_Batava_%E2%80%94_Volume_v2.jpg
It is the name Cypriots give to the wild carrot.
Name - Origin
δαύκος, άγριο καρότο
Scientific name: Daucus Carota. (Kypri 1983 [2003²], entry βαυτζ̆ίν,το, 137).
plural: vavtžiá (Kypri 1983 [2003²], entry βαυτζ̆ίν,το, 137)
metaphorically the graft (Yangoullis 2009, entry βαυτζ̆ιν,το, 96)
Additional information and bibliography
Yangoullis K. G. (2009), Thesaurus of the Cypriot dialect. Interpretative, Etymological, Phraseological and Nomenclatural Dictionary of the Medieval and Modern Cypriot Dialect, Theopress Publications, Nicosia.
Kypri Th. D. (ed.) (1983 [2003²]), Materials for the compilation of a historical dictionary of the Cypriot dialect, Part B, Glossary of Xenophon P. Pharmakides, Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, IX, Nicosia.
Stalo Lazarou, Argyro Xenophontos
Άγριο καρότο (ρίζα, φυτό και σπόροι). Πηγή: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daucus_Carota.jpg
Άγριο καρότο (βαυτζί). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
Άνθος του άγριου καρότου. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου
Άγριο καρότο (βαυτζί). Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου
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