The Semantics of Sharpness and the Prohibition of the Pungent: Garlic, Sanskrit śigru(ka)-, and Old Persian *θigra(ka)-

This study proposes a new understanding of the semantics behind Sanskrit śigru-, which Lubotsky (2002) suggested is a loanword from Scythian related to Old Persian *θigra(ka)- and Modern Persian sīr “garlic.” Although śigru- has been assumed to refer to Moringa oleifera Lam. “drumstick tree,” Meulen...

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Main Author: Spiers, Carmen S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-121
Further subjects:B Dharmaśāstra
B Āyurveda
B Indo-Iranian linguistics
B garlic
B forbidden food
B moringa
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