Alfabe by Çetin Altan - Ç

Notes:

gül - rose
karanfil - carnation
şebboy - wallflower
aslanağzı - snapdragon
zambak - lily
ortanca - hydrangea
yıldız - dahlia
papatya - daisy
sardunya - geranium
nilüfer - water lily
leylak - lilac
sümbül - hyacinth
gelincik - poppy
lale - tulip
menekşe - violet
mine - verbena
begonya - begonia
cam güzeli
unutmabeni - myosotis (Asian forget-me-not)
çiğdem - crocus
küpe çiçeği - fuchsia
lavanta - lavender
akşamsefası
boru çiçeği - tubulus?
açelya - azalea
mimoza - mimosa
manolya - magnolia
orkide - orchid
yasemin - jasmin

"Çigek" means a flower, but how can a generic word stand in for so many different kinds of flowers? Altan surprises the audience with a quick list of 25.