תלתן
Hebrew edit
Etymology edit
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ת־ל־ת (t-l-t) |
From Aramaic תלת (“three”). Also borrowed into Punic, transcribed in De materia medica 2:102 as τιτλώ, likely for *𐤕𐤋𐤕𐤀 (*tiltō).
Noun edit
תִּלְתָּן • (tiltā́n) m (plural indefinite תִּלְתָּנִים)
- any Trifolieae tribe plant
- The club on a deck of cards.
References edit
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 317
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 410
- “תלתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading edit
- תלתן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he