جرجير

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Arabic

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جِرْجِير (Eruca sativa)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּירָא / ܓܲܪܓܝܼܪܵܐ (gargīrā, rocket), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁶𒄀𒊒 (/⁠girgirû⁠/).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جِرْجِير (jirjīrm

  1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)
  2. watercress

Declension

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References

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  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–493
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 302
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, pages 298a–b
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56

Hijazi Arabic

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جَرْجير

Etymology

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From Arabic جِرْجِير (jirjīr).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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جرجير (jarjīrm

  1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)