𐤂𐤃

Punic

Etymology

Cognate to Hebrew גַּד (gaḏ, “coriander”), Ugaritic 𐎂𐎄 (gd, “coriander”), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גַּד (gaḏ), גּׅידא (giḏā, “coriander”).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /ɡid/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /ɡid/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /ɡid/

Noun

𐤂𐤃 (gd /gid/) m

1. coriander
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 3.63:^[1]:

     κορίαννον ἢ κόριον, Αἰγύπτιοι ὄχιον, Ἄφροι γοίδ.

     koríannon ḕ kórion, Aigúptioi ókhion, Áphroi goíd.

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 406
• Steiner, Richard C. (2001) “Albounout “Frankincense” and Alsounalph “Oxtongue”: Phoenician-Punic Botanical Terms with Prothetic Vowels from an Egyptian Papyrus and a Byzantine Codex”, in Orientalia‎^[3], volume 70, number 1, page 102
• “gyd⁴”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “κόριον – Coriandrum sativum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[4] (in Spanish), 2025