حلتيث

Arabic

حِلْتِيث

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic חלתיתא ‎/‎ ܚܠܬܝܬܐ (ḥeltīṯā, hing, asafoetida).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħil.tiːθ/

Noun

حِلْتِيث (ḥiltīṯ) m

  1. obsolete form of حِلْتِيت (ḥiltīt, hing, asafoetida)
    • 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب‎ [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 174:
      قال ديسقوريدوس في كتابه ان الحلتيث صمغ الانجدان و ذكر بان يشرط اصله وساقه ثم بعد الشرط يسيل منه الحلتيث […]
      Dioscurides said in his book that hing is the resin of the Ferula assa-foetida and he notified that its stem and its foot is slit and then, after the slitting, the hing flows from it. […]

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