سفندر

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • قَفَنْدَر‎ (qafandar)

Etymology

A corruption of its epithet إِسْكَنْدَرَانِيَّة‎ (ʔiskandarāniyya, literally “Alexandrian”) in the Ancient Greek name of one species δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια (dáphnē Alexándreia), possibly blended with a form of Persian اسپرغم‎ (esparğam, “medicinal herb”), as in Persian Ruscus genus and species are now most commonly called مورد اسفرم‎ (murd esfaram, literally “myrtle-herb”).

Noun

سَفَنْدَر • (safandar) m

  1. box holly (Ruscus gen. et spp.)

Declension
Declension of noun سَفَنْدَر (safandar)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَفَنْدَر
safandar		 السَّفَنْدَر‎
as-safandar		 سَفَنْدَر
safandar
Nominative سَفَنْدَرٌ
safandarun		 السَّفَنْدَرُ‎
as-safandaru		 سَفَنْدَرُ
safandaru
Accusative سَفَنْدَرًا‎
safandaran		 السَّفَنْدَرَ‎
as-safandara		 سَفَنْدَرَ
safandara
Genitive سَفَنْدَرٍ
safandarin		 السَّفَنْدَرِ‎
as-safandari		 سَفَنْدَرِ
safandari

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1835), “سفندر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 479
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 200–202
  • “δάφνη Ἀλεξάνδρεια – Ruscus hypophyllum”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎ (in Spanish), 2023
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