حنظل

Arabic

حَنْظَل

Etymology

From حَظَلَ (ḥaẓala, to hinder in moving), for this toxic plant blocks the ground, and حَظِلَ (ḥaẓila, to walk lamely) which is what camels do after having loaded their bellies with this plant. The same motive was the namesake of حَدَج (ḥadaj, colocynth).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħan.ðˤal/

Noun

حَنْظَل • (ḥanẓal) m (collective, singulative حَنْظَلَة f (ḥanẓala))

  1. colocynth
    Synonyms: حَدَج (ḥadaj), عَلْقَم (ʕalqam)

Declension

Descendants

  • Amharic: አንዴል (ʾändel)
  • Middle Armenian: հանդալ (handal)
  • Tigre: ዐንደል (ʿändäl)
  • Tigrinya: ዓንደል (ʿandäl), አንደል (ʾändäl)

References

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