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artisjok

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Cynara scolymus

Etymology

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Borrowed from Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ḵaršūf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑr.tiˈʃɔk/
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  • Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧sjok
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

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artisjok m (plural artisjokken, diminutive artisjokje n)

  1. artichoke (Cynara scolymus), an edible plant related to the thistle [from 16th c.]
    Hypernym: distel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: artisjok

References

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  1. ^ Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages[1], page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
  2. ^ alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Further reading

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