غردق

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain; while both forms are now about equally distributed, غَرْقَد (ḡarqad) is probably more original, and it may be a blend of غَرِقَ (ḡariqa, to dive in) +‎ رَقَدَ (raqada, to recline) due to the plant serving the feral animals for recess.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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غَرْدَق (ḡardaqm (collective, singulative غَرْدَقَة f (ḡardaqa))

  1. nitre bush (Nitraria gen. et spp.)

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References

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  • Fitting, Hans, Littmann, Enno (1911) “Arabische Pflanzennamen aus der Umgegend von Biskra (Algerien)”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 65, page 345
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 268
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غردق”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 271
  • Jacob, Georg (1897) Altarabisches Beduinenleben nach den Quellen geschildert[4] (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Mayer & Müller, page 14
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غردق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[5], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2251
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[6] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 355, 506, 507
  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 115, 193, 274