خرشوف

Arabic

خُرْشُوف

Etymology

Connections to Akkadian 𒅈𒋢𒌒𒁍 (arsuppu, “a type of cereal with a braid appearance; an unidentified type of apple or produce”, literally “carp fish, scales”), so applied from the appearance of its head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xur.ʃuːf/

Noun

خُرْشُوف • (ḵuršūf) m (plural خَرَاشِيف (ḵarāšīf))

1. artichoke

Declension

Declension of noun خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرْشُوف ḵuršūf	الْخُرْشُوف al-ḵuršūf	خُرْشُوف ḵuršūf
Nominative	خُرْشُوفٌ ḵuršūfun	الْخُرْشُوفُ al-ḵuršūfu	خُرْشُوفُ ḵuršūfu
Accusative	خُرْشُوفًا ḵuršūfan	الْخُرْشُوفَ al-ḵuršūfa	خُرْشُوفَ ḵuršūfa
Genitive	خُرْشُوفٍ ḵuršūfin	الْخُرْشُوفِ al-ḵuršūfi	خُرْشُوفِ ḵuršūfi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُرْشُوفَيْن ḵuršūfayn	الْخُرْشُوفَيْن al-ḵuršūfayn	خُرْشُوفَيْ ḵuršūfay
Nominative	خُرْشُوفَانِ ḵuršūfāni	الْخُرْشُوفَانِ al-ḵuršūfāni	خُرْشُوفَا ḵuršūfā
Accusative	خُرْشُوفَيْنِ ḵuršūfayni	الْخُرْشُوفَيْنِ al-ḵuršūfayni	خُرْشُوفَيْ ḵuršūfay
Genitive	خُرْشُوفَيْنِ ḵuršūfayni	الْخُرْشُوفَيْنِ al-ḵuršūfayni	خُرْشُوفَيْ ḵuršūfay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرَاشِيف ḵarāšīf	الْخَرَاشِيف al-ḵarāšīf	خَرَاشِيف ḵarāšīf
Nominative	خَرَاشِيفُ ḵarāšīfu	الْخَرَاشِيفُ al-ḵarāšīfu	خَرَاشِيفُ ḵarāšīfu
Accusative	خَرَاشِيفَ ḵarāšīfa	الْخَرَاشِيفَ al-ḵarāšīfa	خَرَاشِيفَ ḵarāšīfa
Genitive	خَرَاشِيفَ ḵarāšīfa	الْخَرَاشِيفِ al-ḵarāšīfi	خَرَاشِيفِ ḵarāšīfi

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 407–412
• “suādu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011, pages 307-308

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Hijazi Arabic

خَرْشوف

Etymology

From Arabic خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xarˈʃuːf/

Noun

خَرشوف • (ḵaršūf) m (plural خَرَاشِيف ‎(ḵarāšīf))

1. artichoke