Kurrat

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Kurrat arabice porrum.


Apparatus:

Kurrat AC | Kurat B ef

porrum (-rrũ B) ABC | u’o vocatur porruʒ ms. e | porum f


Translation:

Kurrat is Arabic for Latin porrum {"leek"}.


Commentary:

(Egyptian) ﻛﺮﺎﺕ /kurrāt/, class. ﻛﺮﺎﺙ /karrāṯ, kurrāṯ/ "leek (Allium porrum L. bot.)". Siggel (1950: 62): ﻛﺮﺎﺙ /kurrāṯ / Allium porrum (Lil.) Porreezwiebel {i.e. "leek"}.


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