ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ
Classical Syriac
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