כרשה

Hebrew

כְּרֵשָׁה

Etymology

Root
כ־ר־שׁ (k-r-š)

From Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^SAR, GA.RAŠ^SAR /⁠karašu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^SAR, GA.RAŠ^SAR /⁠garaš⁠/). Also Aramaic כרתא / ܟܪܬܐ (karrāṯā), whence Arabic كَرَّاث (karrāṯ), also Maltese kurrat whence Middle Armenian, Armenian քուռաթ (kʻuṙatʻ).

Noun

כְּרֵשָׁה • (kərēšā́, kreshá) f

1. leek

References

• “כרשה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 226–228
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 131–138
• “karašu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[3], volume 8, K, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1971, pages 212–214
• “garaš [LEEK]”, in The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary‎^[4], University of Pennsylvania, 2006
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57