راسن

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian (râsan), also found borrowed in Classical Syriac ܪܤܢ.

Noun

رَاسَن or رَاسِن • (rāsan or rāsin) m

(obsolete) elecampane (Inula helenium)

Declension

Declension of noun **رَاسَن** (rāsan)‎; **رَاسِن** (rāsin)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	رَاسَن‎; رَاسِن rāsan‎; rāsin	الرَّاسَن‎; الرَّاسِن ar-rāsan‎; ar-rāsin	رَاسَن‎; رَاسِن rāsan‎; rāsin
nominative	رَاسَنٌ‎; رَاسِنٌ rāsanun‎; rāsinun	الرَّاسَنُ‎; الرَّاسِنُ ar-rāsanu‎; ar-rāsinu	رَاسَنُ‎; رَاسِنُ rāsanu‎; rāsinu
accusative	رَاسَنًا‎; رَاسِنًا rāsanan‎; rāsinan	الرَّاسَنَ‎; الرَّاسِنَ ar-rāsana‎; ar-rāsina	رَاسَنَ‎; رَاسِنَ rāsana‎; rāsina
genitive	رَاسَنٍ‎; رَاسِنٍ rāsanin‎; rāsinin	الرَّاسَنِ‎; الرَّاسِنِ ar-rāsani‎; ar-rāsini	رَاسَنِ‎; رَاسِنِ rāsani‎; rāsini

Descendants

→ Medieval Latin: rasienegi

References

Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 533
Freytag, Georg (1833) “راسن”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 150b
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “راسن”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 863
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “راسن”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1086.
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, →DOI, pages 281–282

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit रास्ना (rāsnā, “Rasna, Pluchea lanceolata”, literally “rope, girdle; string of medicinal or potent-tasting herbs”), used throughout Ayurvedic literature; another plant within the Asteraceae family just as Inula helenium.

Noun

راسن • (râsan)

elecampane (Inula helenium)

Descendants

→ Arabic: رَاسَن (rāsan)
→ Classical Syriac: ܪܤܢ