כדכד
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from the reconstructed noun Carian karkuδ (karkuⁿd, “garnet”). In the ancient world, garnets were mined at the Carian city of Orthosia, cut and polished at Alabanda. From there, they were exported across the ancient world.
Related to a complex of words with the original meaning "garnet", including Arabic كَرْكَنْد, Ancient Greek χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn), χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), χαρχηδόνιος (kharkhēdónios), Classical Syriac ܩܪܟܕܢܐ (qarkeḏnā), Sanskrit कर्केतन (karketana, “chrysoberyl”), Old Armenian կարկեհան (karkehan, “a red gem”) (borrowed from Parthian *karkaðan, to which also belong Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (karkēhanēn), Persian کرکهان (karkahân), کرکهن (karkahan, “amethyst”) which passed into Arabic كَرْكُهَان (karkuhān), كَرْكُهَن (karkuhan, “amethyst”)), Khotanese [script needed] (kirkīyaṃ).
Noun
[edit]כַּדְכֹּד • (kad̠kōd̠) m (plural indefinite כַּדְכֻּדִּים)
- almandine garnet
Descendants
[edit]- → English: chodchod
References
[edit]- Ayil, Ephraim S. (2024). "Chapter 17 כַּדְכֹּד Kadkōḏ & אֶקְדָּח ʾeḳdāḥ—Garnet". In Identifying the Stones of Classical Hebrew. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004678002_018.