هدس

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Arabic[edit]

هَدَس

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew הֲדַס (hăḏás, myrtle). Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic הֲדַסַא (hăḏasā, myrtle) is likely itself a Hebraism.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

هَدَس (hadasm

  1. (Yemen, Oman) myrtle (Myrtus gen. et spp.)
    Synonyms: آس (ʔās), رَيْحَان (rayḥān), مَرْسِين (marsīn), قُمَام (qumām)

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Amharic: ኣደስ (ʾadäs), አደስ (ʾädäs)
  • Ge'ez: አደስ (ʾädäs)
  • Swahili: mhadasi
  • Tigrinya: ኣደስ (ʾadäs)

Further reading[edit]

  • Schönig, Hanne (2002) Schminken, Düfte und Räucherwerk der Jemenitinnen: Lexikon der Substanzen, Utensilien und Techniken (Beiruter Texte und Studien; 91)‎[1], Würzburg: Ergon-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 84–85