سوسنبر

Persian

Alternative forms

• سیسنبر (sisanbar)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (sysymbl), [script needed] (sysynbl /⁠sīsīmbar⁠/, “sisymbrium, wild thyme”), from Ancient Greek σισύμβριον (sisúmbrion).

Noun

سوسنبر • (susanbar)

1. Thymus serpyllum, wild thyme

Descendants

• → Armenian: սուսամբար (susambar)
• → Middle Armenian: սիսամբար (sisambar), սիսանպար (sisanpar)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sīsīmbar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 75