سفندر

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قَفَنْدَر (qafandar)

Etymology

A corruption of its epithet إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيَّة (ʔiskandarāniyya, literally “Alexandrian”) in the Ancient Greek name of one species δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια (dáphnē Alexándreia), possibly blended with a form of Persian اسپرغم (esparğam, “medicinal herb”), as in Persian Ruscus genus and species are now most commonly called مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram, literally “myrtle-herb”).

Noun

سَفَنْدَر • (safandar) m

1. box holly (Ruscus gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun سَفَنْدَر (safandar)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَفَنْدَر safandar	السَّفَنْدَر as-safandar	سَفَنْدَر safandar
Nominative	سَفَنْدَرٌ safandarun	السَّفَنْدَرُ as-safandaru	سَفَنْدَرُ safandaru
Accusative	سَفَنْدَرًا safandaran	السَّفَنْدَرَ as-safandara	سَفَنْدَرَ safandara
Genitive	سَفَنْدَرٍ safandarin	السَّفَنْدَرِ as-safandari	سَفَنْدَرِ safandari

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “سفندر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 200–202
• “δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια – Ruscus hypophyllum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[3] (in Spanish), 2024