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زردج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry is very brief and appears to be an addendum. It primarily defines a single word, 'al-zardaj', as a Persian loanword referring to safflower.

Derived headwords

الزَّرْدَجnoun
  1. 1.
    safflowerclassical

    A plant, Carthamus tinctorius, cultivated for its red, yellow, or orange florets, which are used as a dye and in herbal medicine. It is also a source of vegetable oil.

زَرْدَهother
  1. 1.
    safflower (Persian)classical

    The Persian word from which the Arabic 'al-zardaj' is derived, referring to safflower.

Parallel reading

الزَّرْدَج، بالفتح اسم للعصفر، معرب عن زرده.
Al-zardaj, with the fatha on the 'zay', is a name for safflower, a loanword from Persian 'zardeh'.