حارود

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac *ܚܪܘܕܐ (ḥārūḏā, literally gnawer). Compare Hebrew חֹלֶד (ḥṓleḏ, weasel), Classical Syriac ܚܘܠܕܐ (ḥuldā, mole), ܚܠܘܕܐ (ḥallūḏā, ḥālūḏā), ܚܠܕܘܕܐ (ḥalḏūḏā, ḥalləḏūḏā, field mouse or jerboa), Old Armenian խլուրդ (xlurd, mole).

Pronunciation

Noun

حَارُود (ḥārūdm

  1. (obsolete) beaver
    • a. 1200, Dietrich, Albert, editor, Dioscurides triumphans. Ein anonymer arabischer Kommentar (Ende 12. Jahrh. n. Chr.) zur Materia medica. 1. Teil: Arabischer Text (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; Folge 3, Nr. 172), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1988, →ISBN, page 43 lib. II Nr. 22:
      قاسطرون
      قال س: وهو حيوان خصاه الجندبادستر، يسمّى بالعربيّة الحارود، ويكون في نقائع الماء.
      καστόριον
      S says: It as an animal whose testicles are the jundbādastar, its Arabic name is ḥārūd. It lives in standing waters.
    • a. 1248, ابن البيطار [Ibn al-Bayṭār], الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum], s. v. حارود:
      حارود: هو اسم الحيوان الذي خصاه الجندبادستر وقد ذكرته في الجيم.
      ḥārūd: This is the name of the animal of which the testicles give جُنْدُبَادَسْتَر (jundubādastar, castoreum), mentioned under the letter j.

Declension

References

  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 326
  • Dietrich, Albert, editor (a. 1200), Dioscurides triumphans. Ein anonymer arabischer Kommentar (Ende 12. Jahrh. n. Chr.) zur Materia medica. 2. Teil: Übersetzung und Kommentar (Abhandlungen der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. Philologisch-historische Klasse; Folge 3, Nr. 173) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1988, →ISBN, pages 211–212 Buch II Nr. 22
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “حارود”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 239a