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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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-121 |
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Dharmaśāstra
B Āyurveda B Indo-Iranian linguistics B garlic B forbidden food B moringa |
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