فرفحين

• فَرْفَخِين‎ (farfaḵīn), فَرْفَح‎ (farfaḥ), فَرْفَخ‎ (farfaḵ)

Borrowed from Aramaic פרפחינה / פרפחינא‎ / ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ‎ (/parpəḥīnā/, “purslane”), from Akkadian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI /parpaḫu, papparḫu/), from Sumerian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI). These are of the same origin: Persian پرپرم‎ (parparam), پرپهن‎ (parpahan), Northern Kurdish pirpar, pêrpîne, Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʿrpʿrem), Georgian ფარფინა (parpina).

• IPA^(key): /far.fa.ħiːn/

فَرْفَحِين • (farfaḥīn) m

1. purslane (Portulaca gen. et spp.); especially the common purslane or pursley (Portulaca oleracea)

   Synonyms: رِجْل‎ (rijl), بَقْل‎ (baql), بَرْبِير‎ (barbīr)

2. (nonstandard) Bacopa monnieri

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