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Persian
Etymology
Contains گند (gand, “stink, stench, bad smell, fetid smell”) as the first element, as also گندنا (gandanâ, “leek”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Related to Judeo-Tat kongoluş, Talysh qandalaş (“elder”).
For the development of the sense "elder" note that elder has a bad smell. Its berries are used to make a dye.
Noun
گندلاش • (gandalâš, gandlâš)
- (Astara) velvet maple, Persian maple (Acer velutinum)
- Synonym: پلت (palat)
- a malodorous kind of herb, from which Baḵtīārīs make the dye گندل (gandal)
- rotten egg
Descendants
(taking Persian as representative of all Iranian)
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گندلاش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “گندل”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “گندلاش”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Wulff, Hans E. (1966) The Traditional Crafts of Persia: Their Development, Technology, and Influence on Eastern and Western Civilizations, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London, England: The MIT Press, page 76a
- Digard J.-P., Windfuhr G. L., Ittig A. (1988) “BAḴTĪĀRĪ TRIBE”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
- Parsa A. (1984) “AFRĀ”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York