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Root
ו־ר־ד (w-r-d)

Compare Arabic وَرْدَة (warda). Ultimately a Middle Iranian loanword, cognate to Persian گل (gol), and more distantly Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon) and Latin rosa (English rose).

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וֶרֶד (véredm (plural indefinite וְרָדִים, singular construct ורד־, plural construct וַרְדֵּי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. rose

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וָרֹד (varód)

  1. defective spelling of ורוד

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