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هِنْدِبَاء
 
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Etymology edit

From Aramaic הּנְדְּבָא / ܗܶܢܕܒܳܐ (hendǝḇā), cognate to Arabic هَدَب (hadab, twisted leaves or sprigs; cilium). From Semitic also Byzantine Greek ἔντυβον (éntubon), whence reborrowed Classical Syriac ܐܢܛܘܒܝܐ (anṭūbiyā, endive, dandelion, chicory) and the European terms Late Latin intibus, English endive etc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

هِنْدِبَاء (hindibāʔf (collective)

  1. dandelion (Taraxacum gen.)
  2. chicory, endive (Cichorium gen.)

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Armenian: հնդիպայ (hndipay), հնդիպէ (hndipē)
  • Azerbaijani: hindiba
  • Ottoman Turkish: هندبا (hindiba)

References edit

  • hndb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ḥdb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • ˀnṭwbyˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 415–420
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هندباء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1214