خروع

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from Classical Syriac ܚܪ̈ܘܥܐ (ḥarrūʿā, yellow) as the male flowers are yellow; compare also ܚܪܝܥܐ (ḥrīˁā, safflower) and ܚܪܐ (ḥrāˁ, a plant name, especially those with yellow flowers).

Noun

خِرْوَع or خَرُّوع • (ḵirwaʕ or ḵarrūʕ) m

  1. castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)

Declension

References

  • ḥrwˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥrˁ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥryˁ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Duke, James (1983) “Ricinus communis L.”, in Handbook of Energy Crops
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 141–142
  • Löw, Immanuel (1922) “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 1, page 107
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 353
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “خروع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 331
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