𐤂𐤆𐤓

Punic

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Persian گزر (gazar).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

𐤂𐤆𐤓 (gzr /gizar/) m

1. earthnut, kippernut
   • 40 CE – 90 CE, Dioscorides, De Materia Medica 4.123:^[1]:

     βούνιον· οἱ δὲ ἄ⟨κ⟩τ⟨ι⟩ον, οἱ δὲ ἀκτίνην, οἱ δὲ ἀνθεμοφόρον, προφῆται παράδακρυ, Αἰγύπτιοι ἐρξώην, Ῥωμαῖοι σκῶπα ῥήγια, Ἄφροι γιζάρ, οἱ δὲ θεμψώ.

     boúnion; hoi dè á⟨k⟩t⟨i⟩on, hoi dè aktínēn, hoi dè anthemophóron, prophêtai parádakru, Aigúptioi erxṓēn, Rhōmaîoi skôpa rhḗgia, Áphroi gizár, hoi dè thempsṓ.

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 406
• “βούνιον – Bunium ferulaceum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[3], 2024