ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ – Cyclamen persicum

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

1. lion's leaf (Leontice leontopetalum)
2. sowbread, (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum)

Descendants

• → Arabic: عَرْطَنِيثَا (ʕarṭanīṯā), عَرْطَانِيثَا (ʕarṭānīṯā)
  • → 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^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 289
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 77
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 304–307