ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ – Cyclamen latifolium

Etymology

Deemed a metathesis of *ܥܲܛܪܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (ʿaṭrānīṯā) from ܥܰܛܪܳܢܳܐ‎ (ʿaṭrānā, “cedar resin, pitch”) related to Arabic قَطْرَان‎ (qaṭrān, “tar”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕar.tˤaː.niː.θaː/

Noun

ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ • (ʿarṭānīṯā) f

lion's leaf (Leontice leontopetalum)
sowbread, (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen latifolium)

Descendants

→ Arabic: عَرْطَنِيثَا‎ (ʿarṭanīṯā), عَرْطَانِيثَا‎ (ʿarṭānīṯā)
- → Catalan: artanita
- → French: artanite
- → Italian: artanita
- → Latin: arthanita, artanita (pharmacology, chemistry)
- → Middle Armenian: արտանիսայ (artanisay)
- → Spanish: artanita
→ Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: עַרְטָנִיתָא‎ (ʿarṭānīṯā)

References

“ˁrṭny”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 289
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 77
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 304–307

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