كشنى

Arabic

كُشْنَى

Alternative forms

• كُشْنَة (kušna) — more vulgar

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܘܫܢܐ (kūšnā). Doublet of كَرْسَنَّة (karsanna, “Vicia ervilia”) which is from Aramaic כַּרְשִׁינָא (karšinnā) or Hebrew כַּרְשִׁינָה (karšīna), if both are ultimately from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, “black”). Also encountered in Akkadian 𒄘𒃻𒄯𒊏 (/⁠kiššanu⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʃ.naː/

Noun

كُشْنَى • (kušnā) f

1. Vicia palaestina

Declension

Declension of noun كُشْنَى (kušnā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُشْنَى kušnā	الْكُشْنَى al-kušnā	كُشْنَى kušnā
Nominative	كُشْنَى kušnā	الْكُشْنَى al-kušnā	كُشْنَى kušnā
Accusative	كُشْنَى kušnā	الْكُشْنَى al-kušnā	كُشْنَى kušnā
Genitive	كُشْنَى kušnā	الْكُشْنَى al-kušnā	كُشْنَى kušnā

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: քուշնայ (kʻušnay)
  • Armenian: քուշնա (kʻušna)
• → Georgian: ქვიშნა (kvišna), ქუშნა (kušna)
  • → Mingrelian: ქვიშნა (kvišna)
• → Persian: کشنه (košne)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كوشنه (küşne, küşene)
  • Turkish: küşne, köşne, güşne, güşne (dialectal)

References

• “kwšnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “ksnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Levey, Martin (1973) Early Arabic Pharmacology. An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources, Leiden: Brill, page 59
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 481–491
• Stol, Marten (2012) “[Review of] GIGNOUX, P. - Lexique des termes de la pharmacopée syriaque. (Cahiers de Studia Iranica 47, Chétiens en terre d'Iran V). Peeters, Leuven, 2011”, in Bibliotheca Orientalis‎^[2], volume 69, numbers 5–6, column 628