اسپندان

Persian

اسپندانSinapis alba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Containing the word for “white”, now سفید (safêd). Probably also confounded with اسپند (espand, Syrian rue) and containing دان (dân, seed). Forms auslauting in /ɾ/ are contaminated by کندر (kondor, olibanum-tree; olibanum)-

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.pʰän̪.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪs.pʰän̪.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔis.pʰän̪.d̪ɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? ispandān
Dari reading? ispandān
Iranian reading? espandân
Tajik reading? ispandon

Noun

اسپندان • (espandân)

  1. white mustard (Sinapis alba)

Descendants

  • Arabic: أَسْبَنْدَار (ʔasbandār), أَسْبَنْذَار (ʔasbanḏār), أَسْبِنْدَار (ʔasbindār), أَسْبِنْذَار (ʔasbinḏār), أَسْفِنْدار (ʔasfindār), أَسْفِنْذَار (ʔasfinḏār), أَسْفَنْد (ʔasfand) (obsolete, uncommon)
  • Urdu: اسپندان (ispandān)

References

  • Flattery, David Stophlet, Schwartz, Martin (1989) Haoma and Harmaline. The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen “Soma” and its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern Folklore (Near Eastern Studies; 21), Berkeley · Los Angeles · London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 143
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