صفار

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص ف ر (ṣ-f-r).

Noun

صَفَار or صُفَار (ṣafār or ṣufār) m

  1. yellow pigment, yellow dye, yellow coloring
  2. jaundice
  3. yolk

Declension

Noun

صَفَّار (ṣaffār) m

  1. Schimpera arabica (the leaves of it serve for salad greens)

Declension

References

  • صفار” in Almaany
  • Lane, Edward William (1863), صفار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1698
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 57, 71, 114, 154, 197, 208
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), صفار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 604
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), صفار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 717
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