طرخشقون

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Arabic

طرخشقون

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠tarrag ī škōhān⁠/, literally herb of poverty) because it is rarely eaten other than in times of famine.

Pronunciation

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Noun

طَرْخَشْقُون or طَرَخَشْقُون or طَرَخْشَقُون (ṭarḵašqūn or ṭaraḵašqūn or ṭaraḵšaqūnm

  1. dandelion (Taraxacum gen. et spp.)
    • c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 33, page 601:
      يؤخذ طرخشقون مجفف وعدس ونورة أجزاء سواء ويسحق الجميع وينخل ويعجن بسمن بقري عتيق ثم يوضع منه على فتيلة ويدخل في الناصور نافع وربما نفع وربما نفع منه الكي بالنار.
      One takes dried dandelion and lentils and lime at equal parts and grinds all and sieves and kneads with old cow butter and then one applies from it unto a wick and enters the fistula. It may be successful, however cauterization might prove more effective.
    Synonym: هِنْدِبَاء‏‎ (hindibāʔ)
  2. common chicory, Belgian endive (Cichorium intybus)
    Synonym: هِنْدِبَاء‏ بَرِّيَّة‎ (hindibāʔ barriyya)

Declension

Descendants

  • Translingual: Taraxacum
    Portuguese: taráxaco
  • Classical Syriac: ܛܪܫܩܘܩܐ

References