כוסברה

Hebrew

Etymology

From כֻּסְבָּר (kusbár, “coriander”) +‎ ־ָה (“-á”), with the stem ultimately being borrowed from Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī, “coriander”).

Pronunciation

  • (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈkusbaʁa/
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Noun

כוסברה / כֻּסְבָּרָה • (kúsbara) f

  1. (uncountable) coriander, cilantro

References

  • Klein, Ernest (1987) “כֻּסְבָּר”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 281b
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 623a
  • “כוסברה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
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