زغیر

• زغر (zeġer), ذغیر (zeġir), ذغر (zeġer), زعیر (zeʼir)

Apparently related to the Sogdian borrowing زغار (zaġâr, “damp soil”), as زغیر (zeġir), زغر (zeġer) and زغار (zaġâr) are all given as a kind of food or cereal (طَعَام (ṭaʕām)) by Burhān-i Qāṭiʼ.

زغیر • (zeġir) (Dari)

1. flax (Linum usitatissimum)

   Synonym: کتان (katân)

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• Schapka, Ulrich, Volk, Otto Heinrich (1979) “Ein Verzeichnis von in Afghanistan gebräuchlichen Pflanzennamen”, in Afghanistan Journal, volume 6, number 1, Nr. 215 Linum usitatissimum, page 7
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