سفندر
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Arabic
Alternative forms
- قَفَنْدَر (qafandar)
Etymology
A corruption of its epithet إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيَّة (ʔiskandarāniyya, literally “Alexandrian”) in the Ancient Greek name of one species δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια (dáphnē Alexándreia), possibly blended with a form of Persian اسپرغم (esparğam, “medicinal herb”), as in Persian Ruscus genus and species are now most commonly called مورد اسفرم (murd esfaram, literally “myrtle-herb”).
Noun
سَفَنْدَر • (safandar) m
Declension
Declension of noun سَفَنْدَر (safandar)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَفَنْدَر safandar |
السَّفَنْدَر as-safandar |
سَفَنْدَر safandar |
| Nominative | سَفَنْدَرٌ safandarun |
السَّفَنْدَرُ as-safandaru |
سَفَنْدَرُ safandaru |
| Accusative | سَفَنْدَرًا safandaran |
السَّفَنْدَرَ as-safandara |
سَفَنْدَرَ safandara |
| Genitive | سَفَنْدَرٍ safandarin |
السَّفَنْدَرِ as-safandari |
سَفَنْدَرِ safandari |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835) “سفندر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 200–202
- “δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια – Ruscus hypophyllum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo (in Spanish), 2025