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Hebrew
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Compare Maltese karfus (“celery”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܦܣܐ (kerpəsā, “celery”), Arabic كَرَفْس (karafs, “celery”). The ultimate provenance of these terms is murky.
Noun
כַּרְפַּס • (karpás) m
- celery
Synonyms
References
- “כרפס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
Etymology 2
Via Early Middle Persian from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”).
Noun
כַּרְפַּס • (karpás) m
- (biblical, rare) a type of expensive fabric made of cotton
Usage notes
- According to some, the color of this fabric was green.
Descendants
References
- Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235–242 (for the cotton)
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 236 (for the celery)
- Löw, Immanuel (1914–1915) “Karpas”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 29, pages 247–264 (for either)