بلنجمشک
Persian
Alternative forms
- فرنجمشک (faranjmošk), برنجمشک (baranjmošk), فلنجمشک (falanjmošk), پلنجمشک (palanjmošk), پرنجمشک (paranjmošk), افرنجمشک (afranjmošk)
Etymology
From a variant of بالنگ (bâlang, “citron; cucumber”) or بادرنگ (bâdrang, “cucumber; lemon”) + مشک (mošk, “moschus”), compare the lemon-balm’s other common names وارنگبو (vârang-bu, literally “citron-smelling”) and بادرنگبویه (bâdrang-buye, literally “cucumber-smelling or citron-smelling”). The f-anlauting forms are understood as from فرنج (faranj, “Frank”) perceiving a “Frankish moschus, European moschus”.
Descendants
- → Arabic: فَلَنْجَمُشْك (falanjamušk), أَفْلَنْجَمُشْك (ʔaflanjamušk), فَرَنْجَمُشْك (faranjamušk), بَرَنْجَمُشْك (baranjamušk), أَفْرَنْجَمُشْك (ʔafranjamušk)
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