أرطى

Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain, associated as a natively coined term, developing into the roots ر ط ي (r-ṭ-y) and ء ر ط (ʔ-r-ṭ), dealing with topics of its color and ability to grow in the most inhospitable ground, providing shelter and edible fruit. Potential distant connections to Akkadian 𒌑𒌨𒂅𒌋 (U2ur-ṭu-u /⁠urṭû⁠/, a plant like a tamarisk but red; a dye), also used as a dye for hides and compared to a tamarisk in Arabic culture.

Noun

أَرْطًى or أَرْطَى • (ʔarṭan or ʔarṭā) m or f (collective, singulative أَرْطَاة f (ʔarṭāh), construct state أَرْطَى (ʔarṭā), plural أَرَاطٍ (ʔarāṭin), plural construct state أَرَاطِي (ʔarāṭī))

  1. Calligonum gen. et spp.
    Synonym: (in the southern half of the Arabian peninsula) عَبَل (ʕabal)

Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “أرطى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 27
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أرطى”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 49
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN
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