حور
Meaning
Concepts
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Translations
peuplier
álamo
pioppo
Pappel
populier
λεύκα
pollancre
kavak
choupoEtymology
* From the root ح و ر (ḥ w r). * The Arabic term for the poplar is probably borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܘܪܐ (ḥawwərā), considering that *:# the range of distribution of the white poplar is outside Arabia, but inside the Aramaic language area *:# the Syriac root as well as this Syriac word are in broader use for terms related to whiteness in general and in botanical application *:# the Arabic has multiple vocalizations, ḥawwar, ḥawar, hawr (dialectally also ḥōr and ḥūr), of which ḥawwar sounds foreign for a plant name * But the insinuation by Alexander Borg 2007 that every Arabic word in this root denoting whiteness is a “substratal reflex” from Aramaic is to be dismissed. Such a separation is not conceivable: The Arabic root means in as much “contrasting white” as it means “returning”, “changing one’s position or state”. In the same section Borg fails to earmark يَرَقَان (yaraqān, “blight; jaundice”) as Aramaic-borrowed or to outline any causally plausible chronology of color expressions.
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