פטריה

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־ט־ר (p-ṭ-r)

Related to Classical Syriac ܦܛܘܪܬܐ (peṭṭōrtā) and Arabic فُطْرَة (fuṭra, “mushroom”), possibly loaned as a Semitic borrowing to French potiron (“pumpkin, winter squash”).

Noun

פִּטְרִיָּה • (pitriyá) f (plural indefinite פִּטְרִיּוֹת)

1. mushroom

References

• “פטריה”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “פטריה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• פטריה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he