ܥܪܛܢܝܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Deemed a metathesis of *ܥܲܛܪܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ (ʿaṭrānīṯā) from ܥܰܛܪܳܢܳܐ (ʿaṭrānā, “cedar resin, pitch”) related to Arabic قَطْرَان (qaṭrān, “tar”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕar.tˤaː.niː.θaː/

Noun

ܥܲܪܛܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ • (ʿarṭānīṯā) f

  1. lion's leaf (Leontice leontopetalum)
  2. sowbread, (Cyclamen spp., especially Cyclamen persicum)

Descendants

  • → Arabic: عَرْطَنِيثَا (ʕarṭanīṯā), عَرْطَانِيثَا (ʕarṭānīṯā)
    • → Catalan: artanita
    • → French: artanite
    • → Italian: artanita
    • → Latin: arthanita, artanita (pharmacology, chemistry)
    • → Middle Armenian: արտանիսայ (artanisay)
    • → Spanish: artanita
  • → Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: עַרְטָנִיתָא (ʿarṭānīṯā)

References

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