أفشرج

Arabic

أفشرج البطيخ الأحمر

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian ancestral to Classical Persian افشره (afšara, afšura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaf.ʃa.rad͡ʒ/, /ʔaf.ʃu.rad͡ʒ/

Noun

أَفْشَرَج or أَفْشُرَج • (ʔafšaraj or ʔafšuraj) m

1. (obsolete) juice, pressed out sap
   • 850–861, علي بن سهل ربن الطبري [ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī], edited by Oliver Kahl, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s Health Regimen or “Book of the Pearl” كتاب اللؤلؤة (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 115), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →ISBN, page 84 § 58:

     وَقُوّةُ كُلِّ أَفْشَرَجٍ وَرُبٍّ مِثْلَ قُوَّةُ الشَّيْءٍ الَّذِي يُعْتَصَرُ مِنْهُ، […]

     waquwwatu kulli ʔafšarajin warubbin miṯla quwwatu š-šayʔin allaḏī yuʕtaṣaru minhū, […]

     The power of any juice or pulp is like the power of the thing pressed from it, […]

   • a. 1165, ابن التلميذ [Ibn al-Tilmīḏ], edited by Oliver Kahl, The Dispensatory of Ibn At-Tilmīḏ الأقراباذين الكبير (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 70), Leiden: Brill, published 2007, →ISBN, page 112 Nr. 214:

     أَنْجُور أَفْشُرَج
     يُؤْخَذُ مِنْ عَصِيرِ ٱلْعِنَبِ ٱلْحُلْوِ وَٱلْمُنَصَّفِ أَيِ ٱلَّذِي فِيهِ بَقِيَّةُ حُمُوضَةٍ عَشْرَةُ دَوَارِيقَ وَمِنَ ٱلْعَسَلِ ٱلْمَنْزُوعِ ٱلرَّغْوَةِ دَوْرَقَانِ يُطْبَخُ بِرِفْقٍ حَتَّى يَثْخُنَ وَيُسْتَعْمَلُ. تَجْلُو ٱلْمَعِدَةَ مِلْعَقَةٌ مِنْهُ بِمَاءٍ بَارِدٍ وَيُقَوِّيهَا أَيْضًا.

     ʔanjūr ʔafšuraj
     yuʔḵaḏu min ʕaṣīri l-ʕinabi l-ḥulwi wal-munaṣṣafi ʔayi llaḏī fīhi baqiyyatu ḥumūḍatin ʕašratu dawārīqa wamina l-ʕasali l-manzūʕi r-raḡwati dawraqāni yuṭbaḵu birifqin ḥattā yaṯḵuna wayustaʕmalu. tajlū l-maʕidata milʕaqatun minhu bimāʔin bāridin wayuqawwīhā ʔayḍan.

     (A remedy called) anjūr afšuraj
     Take ten jugfuls from the pressed juice of sweet and ‘half-and-half’ grapes—(the latter) being those which have a rest of acidity—and two jugfuls from clarified honey, cook gently until it thickens, and use it. One spoonful of this with cold water clears the stomach and strengthens it, too.

Declension

Declension of noun أَفْشَرَج (ʔafšaraj)‎; أَفْشُرَج (ʔafšuraj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَفْشَرَج‎; أَفْشُرَج ʔafšaraj‎; ʔafšuraj	الْأَفْشَرَج‎; الْأَفْشُرَج al-ʔafšaraj‎; al-ʔafšuraj	أَفْشَرَج‎; أَفْشُرَج ʔafšaraj‎; ʔafšuraj
Nominative	أَفْشَرَجٌ‎; أَفْشُرَجٌ ʔafšarajun‎; ʔafšurajun	الْأَفْشَرَجُ‎; الْأَفْشُرَجُ al-ʔafšaraju‎; al-ʔafšuraju	أَفْشَرَجُ‎; أَفْشُرَجُ ʔafšaraju‎; ʔafšuraju
Accusative	أَفْشَرَجًا‎; أَفْشُرَجًا ʔafšarajan‎; ʔafšurajan	الْأَفْشَرَجَ‎; الْأَفْشُرَجَ al-ʔafšaraja‎; al-ʔafšuraja	أَفْشَرَجَ‎; أَفْشُرَجَ ʔafšaraja‎; ʔafšuraja
Genitive	أَفْشَرَجٍ‎; أَفْشُرَجٍ ʔafšarajin‎; ʔafšurajin	الْأَفْشَرَجِ‎; الْأَفْشُرَجِ al-ʔafšaraji‎; al-ʔafšuraji	أَفْشَرَجِ‎; أَفْشُرَجِ ʔafšaraji‎; ʔafšuraji

Descendants

• → Andalusian Arabic: فَشُور (fašūr)
  • → Old Spanish: alfaxor
    • Spanish: alfajor, alfaxor, alfaxur, faxor, alaxur, alexur, alejur
• → Middle Georgian: ავშარაჯი (avšaraǯi), ავშარჯი (avšarǯi)