درونج

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Arabic

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دَرَوْنَج
 دَرَوْنج on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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From the Middle Persian antecedent of Classical Persian درونه (darōna).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَرَوْنَج or دَرَوْنِج (darawnaj or darawnijf

  1. leopardsbane (Doronicum spp.)
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام, edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة, volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 30, Art. 8, page 429:
      وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأرز وتقلع الحناء.
      In this ripen the peach, the pomegranate, and the quince, and some olives become black, and the common whitebeam and the oak and the chestnut become good, and the walnuts open, and it is the best time to gather them, and in it pines and jujubes are harvested, and in it asparagus appears, and one begins to till and sow after the rain in some regions, and one collects caraway and jeera and green beans and leopard’s bane and basil seeds and coriander and rice and pulls the henna.

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References

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  • Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 178
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “درونج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 438