فرفحين

Arabic

فَرْفَحِين

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פרפחינה / פרפחינא / ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ (/⁠parpəḥīnā⁠/, purslane), from Akkadian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI /⁠parpaḫu, papparḫu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI). These are of the same origin: Persian پرپرم (parparam), پرپهن (parpahan), Northern Kurdish pirpar, pêrpîne, Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem), Georgian ფარფინა (parpina).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /far.fa.ħiːn/

Noun

فَرْفَحِين • (farfaḥīn) m

  1. purslane (Portulaca gen. et spp.); especially the common purslane or pursley (Portulaca oleracea)
    Synonyms: رِجْل (rijl), بَقْل (baql), بَرْبِير (barbīr)
  2. (nonstandard) Bacopa monnieri

Declension

References

  • “papparḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 109–110
  • prpḥyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فَرْفَحِين and فَرْفَحِي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 143
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “فَرْفَحِينٌ / فَرْفَخٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “فَرْفَخٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2383
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 70–75
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 320–322
  • Steinschneider, Moritz (1898) “Heilmittelnamen der Araber”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, volume 12, page 226
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