ארטישוק

Hebrew

ארטישוקים

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian articiocco, itself from Occitan artichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ẖaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf).

Probably entered Hebrew through Russian артишок (artišok) and Yiddish אַרטישאָק (artishok).

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Noun

אַרְטִישׁוֹק • (artishóq) m (plural indefinite אַרְטִישׁוֹקִים)

1. artichoke (Cynara scolymus)

Synonyms

• קִנְרָס (qinrás)
• חֻרְשָׁף (ḥursháf)