ܟܫܘܬܐ

Classical Syriac

كُشُوتCuscuta epithymum

Etymology

Probably from כַּשָׁא / ܟܰܫܳܐ (kašā, to pile up) because of the jumbled fashion in which this parasitic plant climbs trees, else from Akkadian 𒃢 (SILA₄ /⁠kasû⁠/), a plant with many small seeds used for spice, fumigation and medicine, just like dodder species. Also Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כְּשׁוּתָא (kəšūṯā), Hebrew כְּשׁוּת (kəšūṯ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəʃuːθ/

Noun

ܟܫܽܘܬܳܐ • (kəšūṯā) f

  1. dodder (Cuscuta gen. et spp., especially Cuscuta epithymum)

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: καδύτας (kadútas), κασύτας (kasútas)
    • Latin: cassytas, cassythas, cadytas
  • Arabic: كُشُوث (kušūṯ), كُشُوت (kušūt), كُشُوثَى (kušūṯā), كُشُوثَاء (kušūṯāʔ), كُشُوتاء (kušūtāʔ), أُكْشُوث (ʔukšūṯ), أُكْشُوت (ʔukšūt)
    • Medieval Latin: cuscūte, cuscūthe, cuscūta, cuscūtha
      • Translingual: Cuscuta
        • Turkish: küsküt
      • Albanian: kuskuta
      • Catalan: cuscuta, cúscuta
      • French: cuscute
      • Greek: κουσκούτα (kouskoúta)
      • Italian: cuscuta
      • Portuguese: cuscuta
      • Spanish: cuscuta
    • Middle Armenian: քշութ (kʻšutʻ), քշուշ (kʻšuš), քշուս (kʻšus), աքշուշ (akʻšuš)

References

  • kšw”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • kšy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1914) “Cuscuta”, in Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und verwandte Gebiete (in German), volume 28, pages 1–14
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 230–231
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 453–461
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