𐤂𐤃

Punic

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew גַּד (gaḏ, coriander), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎄 (gd, coriander), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גַּד (gaḏ), גּׅידא (giḏā, coriander).

Pronunciation

Noun

𐤂𐤃 (gd /gid/) m

  1. coriander
    • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 3.63::
      κορίαννον ἢ κόριον, Αἰγύπτιοι ὄχιον, Ἄφροι γοίδ.
      koríannon ḕ kórion, Aigúptioi ókhion, Áphroi goíd.

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 406
  • Steiner, Richard C. (2001) “Albounout “Frankincense” and Alsounalph “Oxtongue”: Phoenician-Punic Botanical Terms with Prothetic Vowels from an Egyptian Papyrus and a Byzantine Codex”, in Orientalia, volume 70, number 1, page 102
  • gyd4”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • κόριονCoriandrum sativum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2024
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