هندباء

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Arabic

هِنْدِبَاء
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic הּנְדְּבָא / ܗܶܢܕܒܳܐ (hendǝḇā), cognate to Arabic هَدَب (hadab, twisted leaves or sprigs; cilium). From Semitic also Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon), whence reborrowed Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, endive, dandelion, chicory) and the European terms Late Latin intibus, English endive etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔf (collective)

  1. dandelion (Taraxacum gen.)
  2. chicory, endive (Cichorium gen.)

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: հնդիպայ (hndipay), հնդիպէ (hndipē)
  • Azerbaijani: hindiba
  • Ottoman Turkish: هندبا (hindiba)

References

  • hndb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥdb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀnṭwbyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 415–420
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214