כרשה

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
כ־ר־שׁ (k-r-š)

From Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /⁠karašu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKALSAR, GA.RAŠSAR /⁠garaš⁠/). Also Aramaic כרתא / ܟܪܬܐ (karrāṯā), whence Arabic كَرَّاث (karrāṯ), also Maltese kurrat whence Middle Armenian, Armenian քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ).

Noun

כְּרֵשָׁה • (kərēšā́, kreshá) f

  1. leek

References
  • “כרשה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 226–228
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 131–138
  • “karašu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 212–214
  • “garaš [LEEK]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57
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