شاهسفرم

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Arabic

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Etymology

From Middle Persian, modernly شاه اسپرم (šâh esparam, basil), the constituents of which are modernly شاه (šâh) and اسپرم (esparam). Akin to Armenian շահասպրամ (šahaspram).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَاهْسَفَرَم (šāhsafaramm

  1. (obsolete) basil
    Synonyms: حَبَق (ḥabaq), رَيْحَان (rayḥān), ضَيْمُرَان (ḍaymurān)
    • a. 869, الْجَاحِظ [al-jāḥiẓ], “باب ما يُجلب من البلدان من طرائف السلع والأمتعة والجواري والأحجار وغير ذلك [What one imports from strange countries in items, commodities, she-slaves, stones and else.]”, in التَبَصُّر بِٱلتِّجَارَة [at-tabaṣṣur bi-t-tijāra]‎:
      ومن السوس: الأُتْرُجُّ ودُهن البنفسج والشاه سبرم والجِلال والبراذع.
      From Sūs one gets citrons, violet-oil, basil, and horse-covers and pack-saddles.

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