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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 or yellow florets, used as a dye or for oil. It is a loanword from Persian.

زَرْدَهother
  1. 1.
    safflower (Persian)classical

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

Parallel reading

الزَّرْدَج، بالفتح: اسم لعصفر، معرب عن زرده.
Al-zardaj, with the fatha on the za', is the name for safflower, a loanword from Persian 'zardah'.