Kasab

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Kasab arabice canna arundo.


Apparatus:

Kasab AC e | Kasas B | Kisab f

arabice AC | aṝ. B | a' f | est ms. e


Translation:

Kasab is Arabic for Latin canna or arundo {"reed, cane"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻗﺻﺐ /qaṣab/ coll. "cane(s), reed(s)". Latin: canna "a reed, cane"; harundo/arundo "reed, rod, pipe".


See also: Canna (2), Calamus, Kalamos


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