كماشير

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Arabic

Alternative forms

قَمَاشِير (qamāšīr)

Etymology

From Persian (kamâšir), from (kamâ, komâ) +‎ (šir).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.maː.ʃiːr/

Noun

كَمَاشِير • (kamāšīr) m

an opopanax-like gum from a certain umbelliferous plant used to induce abortions
- c. 900, أبو بكر محمد بن زكريا الرازي (Rhazes), edited by Oliver Kahl, The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian Sources in the Comprehensive Book of Rhazes (كتاب الحاوي) (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 93), Leiden: Brill, published 2015, →ISBN, RḤ 9/144,20–145,1, page 227:
  الخوز: الكماشير دواء هندي في الرابع من الحرارة أخذ من الفربيون لا مثل له في ذلك في إسقاط الولد
  The Ḵūz: Kamāšīr is an Indian drug of the fourth hotness grade, applied like spurge and in this unrivalled in its capability to induce child loss.
- 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]:
  (كماشير)
  (الماهية) هو في أحوال الجاوشير لكنه أقوى بكثير
  (الطبع) حار يابس في الثانية بقوة
  (الخواص) مذيب محلل ملطف
  (أعضاء النفض) يدر البول والطمث ويسقط الجنين بقوة قوية لا نظير له فيه ولا نظير له في اسهال المائية
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of noun كَمَاشِير (kamāšīr)

Singular	basic singular diptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَمَاشِير kamāšīr	الْكَمَاشِير al-kamāšīr	كَمَاشِير kamāšīr
Nominative	كَمَاشِيرُ kamāšīru	الْكَمَاشِيرُ al-kamāšīru	كَمَاشِيرُ kamāšīru
Accusative	كَمَاشِيرَ kamāšīra	الْكَمَاشِيرَ al-kamāšīra	كَمَاشِيرَ kamāšīra
Genitive	كَمَاشِيرَ kamāšīra	الْكَمَاشِيرِ al-kamāšīri	كَمَاشِيرِ kamāšīri

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كماشير”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 489
Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “كماشير”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎ (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 881b

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