اسپندان

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Persian

اسپندانSinapis alba

Alternative forms

Etymology

Containing the word for “white”, now سفید (safêd). Probably also confounded with اسپند (espand, Syrian rue) and containing دان (dân, seed). Forms auslauting in /ɾ/ are contaminated by کندر (kondor, olibanum-tree; olibanum)-

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ispandān
Dari reading? ispandān
Iranian reading? espandân
Tajik reading? ispandon

Noun

اسپندان (espandân)

  1. white mustard (Sinapis alba)

Descendants

References

  • Flattery, David Stophlet, Schwartz, Martin (1989) Haoma and Harmaline. The Botanical Identity of the Indo-Iranian Sacred Hallucinogen “Soma” and its Legacy in Religion, Language, and Middle Eastern Folklore (Near Eastern Studies; 21), Berkeley · Los Angeles · London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 143