كشنى

Arabic
كُشْنَى

Alternative forms
  • كُشْنَة (kušna) — more vulgar

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܟܘܫܢܐ (kūšnā). Doublet of كَرْسَنَّة (karsanna, “Vicia ervilia”) which is from Aramaic כַּרְשִׁינָא (karšinnā) or Hebrew כַּרְשִׁינָה (karšīna), if both are ultimately from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa, “black”). Also encountered in Akkadian 𒄘𒃻𒄯𒊏 (/⁠kiššanu⁠/).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʃ.naː/

Noun

كُشْنَى • (kušnā) f

  1. Vicia palaestina

Declension
Declension of noun كُشْنَى (kušnā)
Singular singular invariable
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُشْنَى
kušnā		 الْكُشْنَى
al-kušnā		 كُشْنَى
kušnā
Nominative كُشْنَى
kušnā		 الْكُشْنَى
al-kušnā		 كُشْنَى
kušnā
Accusative كُشْنَى
kušnā		 الْكُشْنَى
al-kušnā		 كُشْنَى
kušnā
Genitive كُشْنَى
kušnā		 الْكُشْنَى
al-kušnā		 كُشْنَى
kušnā

Descendants
  • → Middle Armenian: քուշնայ (kʻušnay)
    • Armenian: քուշնա (kʻušna)
  • → Georgian: ქვიშნა (kvišna), ქუშნა (kušna)
  • → Persian: کشنه (košne)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كوشنه (küşne, küşene)
    • Turkish: küşne, köşne, güşne, güşne (dialectal)

References
  • “kwšnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • “ksnyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Levey, Martin (1973) Early Arabic Pharmacology. An Introduction Based on Ancient and Medieval Sources, Leiden: Brill, page 59
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 481–491
  • Stol, Marten (2012) “[Review of] GIGNOUX, P. - Lexique des termes de la pharmacopée syriaque. (Cahiers de Studia Iranica 47, Chétiens en terre d'Iran V). Peeters, Leuven, 2011”, in Bibliotheca Orientalis‎, volume 69, numbers 5–6, column 628
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