أنجدان

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Arabic

أَنْجُدَان (​Ferula foetida)
 أنجدان on Arabic Wikipedia

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian انگدان (angodân), from Proto-Iranian *Hanguǰatu.

Pronunciation

Noun

أَنْجُدَان (ʔanjudānm

  1. Ferula species that produce asafoetida, such as F. foetida and F. assa-foetida
    • 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب‎ [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 174:
      قال ديسقوريدوس في كتابه ان الحلتيث صمغ الانجدان و ذكر بان يشرط اصله وساقه ثم بعد الشرط يسيل منه الحلتيث […]
      Dioscurides said in his book that hing is the resin of the Ferula assa-foetida and he notified that its stem and its foot is slit and then, after the slitting, the hing flows from it.

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