Karfi

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Karfi arabice apium vel carff.


Apparatus:

Karfs f | Kasf B | Karfi AC {'s' misread as 'i'?} | Karfin ms. e.

vel AC | ul' B | l' f | ut ms. e

carff AC | karafs B f | karfs ms. e

{Final "fi" and final "ff" are likely to be misreadings of 'f' + 'long s', i.e. 'fſ '.}


Translation:

Karfi or carff is Arabic for Latin apium {"celery"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﻛﺮﻓﺱ /karafs/ "celery (Apium graveolens L.; bot.)}"; ; Siggel (1950: 62): ﻛﺮﻓﺱ /karafs/ 1) Apium graveolens (Umb.), Sellerie {i.e. "celery"}, 2) Petroselinum sativum (Umb.), Petersilie {"parsley"}.


See also: Kerff, Apium


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