سراج القطرب

Arabic

Etymology

Calque of Classical Syriac ܫܪܓܐ ܕܩܢܛܪܘܦܘܣ (šrāḡā ḏ-qanṭropos).

Noun

سِرَاج القُطْرُب • (sirāj al-quṭrub) m (obsolete)

  1. mandrake (Mandragora)
    Synonyms: يَبْرُوح (yabrūḥ), تُفَّاح الْجِنّ (tuffāḥ al-jinn), تُفَّاح الْمَجَانِين (tuffāḥ al-majānīn), لُفَّاح (luffāḥ)
  2. loosestrife (Lysimachia)
  3. hollyhock (Alcea)

Declension

References

  • Duval, Rubens (1892 January 8) “Origine grecque du mot arabe قُطْرُب”, in Journal asiatique, 8. Série, 19/1 (in French), pages 158–159
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 200
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1976) “Der Werwolf. Ein griechisches Sagenmotiv in arabischer Verkleidung”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 68, page 181
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