كركند

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Arabic

Etymology

From an Aramaic cognate of Classical Syriac ܩܪܟܕܢܐ (qarkeḏnā), from Hittite , like Hebrew כַּדְכֹּד (kaḏkoḏ, “an uncertain gem”), Sanskrit कर्केतन (karketana, “chrysoberyl”), Old Armenian կարկեհան (karkehan, “a red gem”) (borrowed from Parthian *karkaðan, to which also belong Middle Persian (karkēhanēn) (in the Rivāyat accompanying the Dādestān ī Dēnīg), Persian کرکهان (karkahân), کرکهن (karkahan, “amethyst”) that passed into Arabic كَرْكُهَان (karkuhān), كَرْكُهَن (karkuhan, “amethyst”)), Khotanese (kirkīyaṃ), Ancient Greek χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn), χαλχηδόνιος (khalkhēdónios), χαρχηδόνιος (kharkhēdónios).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kar.kand/

Noun

كَرْكَنْد • (karkand) m

  1. ruby spinel, a precious stone from the spinel mineral
    Hypernym: لَعْل (laʕl)
    • a. 1248, ابن البيطار [Ibn al-Bayṭār], الجامع لمفردات الأدوية والأغذية [De simplicibus medicinis opus magnum]:
      كركند: الغافقي قيل أنه حجر يشبه الياقوت الأحمر غير أنه ليس في نضارته ولا جنسه وإذا نفخ عليه النار انكسر والمبرد يعمل فيه عملاً خفيفاً.
      Ruby spinel: Al-Ġāfaqīy: It is said to be a stone similar to ruby but it isn’t in its shine nor value. And when fire is blown upon it then it bursts. The file works upon it but feebly.
  2. lobster

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