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[Facts] Any info on the name Cigdem

by Lulu-Lo (guest)

1/29/2008, 3:08 PM

My friend at work is Turkish, her name is Cigdem, does anyone know what it means?

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +3

1/30/2008, 11:30 AM

After consulting with the math professor who is from Turkey at my university, it seems that Cigdem is a botanical name, referring to a specific plant which is part of the onion family, though not necessarily the plant which grows our edible onions. :)

And my guess from finding this Turkish site through Google is that the "cigdem" flower is related to the crocus:

http://bahcevan.com/ozbeoz-bizden-vizyon-dekorasyon

This message was edited 1/30/2008, 11:31 AM

- Rene

1/30/2008, 2:19 PM

I think the English botanical name of that flower is "meadow saffron", indeed related to the crocus. E.g. note the "tags" on this Flickr page about that flower:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cigdemkayihan/408133778/

- Lulu-Lo (guest) +1

1/30/2008, 11:52 AM

Thanks!

- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans)

1/30/2008, 1:54 PM

You're welcome! :)

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