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Punic
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing equivalent to Persian گزر (gazar).
Pronunciation
Noun
𐤂𐤆𐤓 (gzr /gizar/) m
- earthnut, kippernut
40 CE – 90 CE,
Dioscorides,
De Materia Medica 4.123:
:
- βούνιον· οἱ δὲ ἄ⟨κ⟩τ⟨ι⟩ον, οἱ δὲ ἀκτίνην, οἱ δὲ ἀνθεμοφόρον, προφῆται παράδακρυ, Αἰγύπτιοι ἐρξώην, Ῥωμαῖοι σκῶπα ῥήγια, Ἄφροι γιζάρ, οἱ δὲ θεμψώ.
- boúnion; hoi dè á⟨k⟩t⟨i⟩on, hoi dè aktínēn, hoi dè anthemophóron, prophêtai parádakru, Aigúptioi erxṓēn, Rhōmaîoi skôpa rhḗgia, Áphroi gizár, hoi dè thempsṓ.
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 406
- “βούνιον – Bunium ferulaceum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo, 2025