أشنان

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian اُشْنَان (ušnān) or its Middle Persian ancestor, related to Arabic أُشْنَة (ʔušna, moss, lichen).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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أُشْنَان (ʔušnānm

  1. saltwort, Amaranthaceae spp.:
    1. Anabasis gen et spp.
    2. Arthrocnemum macrostachyum
    3. Kali spp.
    4. Salsola spp.
    5. Salicornia spp.
  2. potash
    Synonyms: قِلْي (qily), قِلْو (qilw), بُوتَاس (būtās)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Maltese: xnien (clover), xniel

References

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  • Bailey, H. W. (1967) Prolexis to the Book of Zambasta (Indo-Scythian Studies Being Khotanese Texts; 6), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 398
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 25
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “أشنان”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 789
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “أشنان”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 62
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 144, 253, 360
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “أشنان”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[5] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 27