כרפס
Hebrew
Etymology 1
Compare Classical Syriac ܟܪܦܣܐ (kerpəsā, “celery”), Arabic كَرَفْس (karafs, “celery”). The ultimate provenance of these terms is murky.
Noun
כַּרְפַּס • (karpás) m
Synonyms
- סֶלֶרִי (séleri)
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”).
Noun
כַּרְפַּס • (karpás) m
- (biblical, rare) a type of expensive fabric made of cotton
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- חוּר כַּרְפַּס וּתְכֵלֶת אָחוּז בְּחַבְלֵי־בוּץ וְאַרְגָּמָן עַל־גְּלִילֵי כֶסֶף וְעַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מִטּוֹת זָהָב וָכֶסֶף עַל רִצְפַת בַּהַט־וָשֵׁשׁ וְדַר וְסֹחָרֶת׃
- there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble.
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Usage notes
- According to some, the color of this fabric was green.
Descendants
- → Ancient Greek: κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos, “cotton”)
- ⇒ Ancient Greek: καρπᾰ́σινος (karpásinos, “fabric made of cotton”)
- → Latin: carbasus (“fabric of cotton”)
References
- 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)