قرطم

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܽܘܪܛܡܳܐ (qūrṭəmā, safflower), from ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, to cut off gently, to trim), from the plucking off petals which are used for dyeing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qur.tˤum/

Noun

قُرْطُم • (qurṭum) m

  1. distaff thistle (Carthamus gen. et spp.)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ղրտում (ġrtum)
  • Medieval Latin: carthamus

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1922) “Semitische Färberpflanzen”, in Zeitschrift für Semitistik und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 1, pages 111–114

Further reading

  • قرطم on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
  • qrṭm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
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