أرضي شوكي

Arabic

أرضي شوكي

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of English artichoke, based on the native words أَرْضِيّ (ʾarḍiyy, earthly, terrestrial, of ground) and شَوْكِيّ (šawkiyy, thorny, prickly) (i.e. “growing in earth and thorny”), the nisba forms of أَرْض (ʾarḍ, earth) and شَوْك (šawk, thorn), respectively.

English artichoke is in turn of Arabic origin, ultimately from الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf, artichoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔar.dˁijj ʃaw.kijj/

Noun

أَرْضِيّ شَوْكِيّ or أَرْضِي شُوكِيّ (ʾarḍiyy šawkiyy or ʾarḍī šōkiyy) m

  1. (Levantine, collective) artichoke
    Synonym: خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf)

Declension

(can also be indeclinable)

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