כרפס

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Hebrew

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Root
כ־ר־פ־ס (k-r-p-s)

Compare Maltese karfus (celery), Classical Syriac ܟܪܦܣܐ (kerpəsā, celery), Arabic كَرَفْس (karafs, celery). The ultimate provenance of these terms is murky.

Noun

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כַּרְפַּס (karpásm

  1. celery
Synonyms
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References

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  • כרפס” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Via Early Middle Persian from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, cotton).

Noun

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כַּרְפַּס (karpásm

  1. (biblical, rare) a type of expensive fabric made of cotton
Usage notes
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  • According to some, the color of this fabric was green.
Descendants
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  • Ancient Greek: κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos), κάλπᾰσος (kálpasos)

References

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  • Lewy, Heinrich (1895) Die semitischen Fremdwörter im Griechischen (in German), Berlin: R. Gaertner’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 235–242 (for the cotton)
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 236 (for the celery)
  • Löw, Immanuel (1914–1915) “Karpas”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete[3] (in German), volume 29, pages 247–264 (for either)