kendir

From Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (“hemp”). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

kendir

1. hemp, cannabis

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kendir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• “kendir”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

From Ottoman Turkish كندر (kendir, “hemp”), from Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (“hemp”).^[1] Compare Hungarian kender, an Oghur Turkic loanword, Kazakh кендір (kendır). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

kendir

1. hemp

• kenevir