حرمل

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܐܪܡܠܐ (ˀarmalā, harmal; Syrian rue), from Ancient Greek ἁρμαλά (harmalá), a loanword of uncertain etymology linked to Akkadian 𒌑𒀀𒈾𒈨𒊒 (anamiru, medical and ritual herb); cognate with Hebrew אַלְמָן (ʾalmān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħar.mal/

Noun

حَرْمَل • (ḥarmal) m

  1. harmal (Peganum, especially Peganum harmala)
  2. (eastern Saudi Arabia, where the other meaning is unused) Rhazya stricta

Declension

Derived terms

  • الْحَرْمَلِيَّة (al-ḥarmaliyya, a settlement about 80 km south of the الأَحْسَاء (al-ʔaḥsāʔ) oasis)

Descendants

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حرمل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 372
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 507–510
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  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حرمل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 250
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