тарос

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

та́рхос (tárhos), та́рхус (tárhus), та́рус (tárus)

Etymology

From an unattested masculine byform of Byzantine Greek ταρχόν (tarkhón) from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn, “tarragon”), also the origin of Serbo-Croatian trkos. Doublet of тарху́н (tarhún, “tarragon”), which has come to Bulgarian from Arabic via Turkish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtaros]

Noun

та́рос • (táros) m

tarragon, estragon (Artemisia dracunculus, growing plant and processed form)
Synonyms: естраго́н (estragón), тарху́н (tarhún)

Declension

Declension of та́рос
	singular	plural
indefinite	та́рос táros	та́роси tárosi
definite (subject form)	та́росът tárosǎt	та́росите tárosite
definite (object form)	та́роса tárosa	та́росите tárosite
count form	—	та́роса tárosa

Descendants

→ Macedonian: тарос (taros)

References

Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “тархос”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 830