شمندر

• شَوَنْدَر (šawandar)

Disputed etymology:

• Stemming from its shape, derived from Ottoman Turkish شماندره (şamandara, şamandra, şamandıra, “buoy”), hence a doublet of شَمَنْدُورَة (šamandūra, “buoy”).
• Alternatively, ultimately from Sumerian 𒌑𒁁𒁯 (šumundar, “beetroot, red-plant”), with an uncertain etymological chain, as the Akkadian 𒌑𒁁𒁯 was likely read šumuttu.

See Classical Syriac ܨܩܢܕܪ (ṣqndr), ܣܡܰܛܪܳܝܳܐ (səmaṭrāyā), Kurdish çewender, چەوەندەر (çewender) with possible connections to Persian چغندر (čoğondar) and the dialect variant Persian چندر (čondor), or even Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra, “red pearl”).

شَمَنْدَر • (šamandar) m

1. beet (Beta vulgaris)

   Synonym: بَنْجَر (banjar)

   Hyponym: سِلْق (silq)

• “ṣqndr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “smṭry”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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• “شمندر”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 17, Š, part 3, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1992, page 301
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “شمندر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1410
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352