سفرجل

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ʾespargəlā), Hebrew אִסְפַּרְגֵּל (ʾispargēl), Akkadian [script needed] (supurgillu, quince), Old Armenian and Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil). All possibly from Hurrian or another Caucasian language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.far.d͡ʒal/

Noun

سَفَرْجَل (safarjal) m (collective, singulative سَفَرْجَلَة (safarjala))

  1. quince

Declension

References

  • Fischer, August (1914), “Die Quitte als Vorzeichen bei Persern und Arabern und das Traumbuch des ʿAbd al-Ṛani an-Nābulusī”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 68, pages 275–325
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 242–244
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