شوکران

See also: شوكران

Persian

شوكران

Etymology

Through a Semitic borrowing, however a false cognate to the Semitic root for drunkenness, intoxication (Arabic س ك ر (s-k-r)); from a form equaling Aramaic שׁכרונא / ܫܲܟܪܘܿܢܵܐ (šaḵrōnā, “henbane”), Hebrew שִׁכָּרוֹן (šikārōn, “henbane”), Arabic سَكْرَان (sakrān), سَيْكَرَان (saykarān, “henbane”). Derived from Akkadian 𒌑𒅫 (^U₂.ŠAKIR /⁠šakirû⁠/, “a plant, drug”), ultimately a loan from Sumerian 𒌑𒅫 (^U₂.ŠAKIR /⁠šakir⁠/, “a plant, drug”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

شوکران • (Classical šawkarân, Iranian šowkarân)

1. hemlock (Conium gen. et spp., particularly Conium maculatum)

Descendants

• → Arabic: شَوْكَرَان (šawkarān)

Further reading

• شوکران on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa
• “škrwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 359–361
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[2] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 381–382