هندباء

Arabic

هِنْدِبَاء‏‎

Alternative forms

  • هِنْدَب (hindab), هِنْدِبَا (hindibā)

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, endive, dandelion, chicory), from Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon) of uncertain origin; cognates with English endive and Late Latin intibus. Applied variously to the members of the tribe Cichorieae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hin.di.baːʔ/

Noun

هِنْدِبَاء‏‎ (hindibāʾ) f (dual هِنْدِبَاوَانِ (hindibāwāni), plural هِنْدِبَاوَات (hindibāwāt))

  1. dandelion (Taraxacum gen.)
  2. chicory, endive (Cichorium gen.)

Declension

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 415–420
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214
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