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
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