κράμβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Usually connected with κράμβος (krámbos, “dry; blight in grapes, when they shrivel”)[1], assuming that the plant was named after its shrunken leaves, but this is rejected by Beekes, who leaves the origin open[2].

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κρᾰ́μβη • (krámbē) f (genitive κρᾰ́μβης); first declension

  1. cabbage
    Synonym: ῥάφανος (rháphanos)

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References

  1. ↑ Boisacq, Émile (1916), “κράμβος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, pages 507–508
  2. 1 2 3 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 769
  3. 1 2 Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 531
  4. ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 162
  5. ↑ Asatrian, Garnik S. (2011) A Comparative Vocabulary of Central Iranian Dialects‎ (in Persian and English), Tehran: Safir Ardehal Publications, page 221
  6. ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 256
  7. ↑ Geiger, Wilhelm; Kuhn, Ernst, editors (1898–1901) Grundriß der iranischen Philologie [Outline of Iranian Philology] (in German), volume I, part II, Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, page 59
  8. 1 2 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կաղամբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 493ab

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).

Noun

κράμβη • (krámvi) f (plural κράμβες)

  1. turnip
  2. (botany, horticulture) brassica, the cabbage family

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