Difference between revisions of "Karasia"

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Karasia dicunt arabes de cerasis post grecum kerasia, verum communi sermone vocant habel meluch quod est dictu granum regum.

Apparatus:

Karasia | Karsia p
{Karasia} verum communi sermone add. ms. j
cerasiis fjp | ceraxiis ms. e | cerasis ABC
kerasia AC f | karasia (Ka- B) B jp | karaxia ms. e
vocant | uocãt~ p
habelmeluch AC | abel meluch B fjp | ubelneluch ms. e
dictu (dc̅u B p) ABC p | dictum (dcm̅ ej) efj

Translation:

Karasia: the Arabs call Karasia what is in Latin cerasia {"cherries"}, loaned from Greek kerasia. However in folk language they call it habel meluch, which means translated 'grain of kings'.

Commentary:

Karasia:
Wehr: ﻗﺮﺍﺼﻴﺎ /qarāṣiyā/, (syr.) "small black plums"; (eg.) "prunes". Siggel p. 58: ﻗﺮﺳﻴﺎ /qarāsiyā/, ﻗﺮﺍﺼﻴﺎ {/qarāṣiyā/ not transcribed} Prunus cerasus (Ros.), Sauerkirsche {i.e. "sour cherry"}.

kerasia:
Greek κεράσιον /kerásion/, pl. κεράσια /kerásia/ is the fruit of κερασός /kerasós/ "cherry-tree". κερασός /kerasós/ was adopted into Latin as cerasus, and the fruit as cerasium.
See Kerasea

habel meluch:
Arabic ﺣﺐ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻮﻙ /ḥabb al-mulūk/ {lit. "grain of kings"}, is a plant name given to several different plants: Cf. Wehr: croton seeds (seeds of Croton tiglium; bot. {i.e. "purging croton"}); (maḡr.) "cherries". Siggel p. 28: ﺣﺐ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻮﻙ /ḥabb al-mulūk/ S. v. Euphorbia nereifolia {i.e. "seeds of E. nereifolia". Indian spurge-tree}.
See Hab elmeluch

For a botanical comment see Kerasea.

WilfGunther (talk) 14:26, 22 October 2015 (BST)

See also: Kerasea, Hab elmeluch