תלתן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ל־ת (t-l-t)

From Aramaic תלת (“three”). Also borrowed into Punic, transcribed in De materia medica 2:102 as τιτλώ, likely for *𐤕𐤋𐤕𐤀 (*tiltō).

Noun

תִּלְתָּן • (tiltā́n) m (plural indefinite תִּלְתָּנִים)

1. any Trifolieae tribe plant
   1. clover proper, shamrock (Trifolium spp.)
   2. (archaic) fenugreek (Trigonella spp.)
   3. (archaic) burclover (Medicago spp.)
2. The club on a deck of cards.

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 317
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 410
• “תלתן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• תלתן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he