كراث

Meaning

leek (specifically a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum called Allium kurrat)

Concepts

leek

leeks

Translations

puerro

Porree

poireau

prei

πράσο

Lauch

porro

porro

porri

porrum

pòrre

alho-porro

alho porro

pırasa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kur.raːθ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כרתא / ܟܪܬܐ (karrāṯā), from Akkadian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^(SAR), GA.RAŠ^(SAR) /⁠karašu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒂵𒆜𒊬 (GA.KASKAL^(SAR), GA.RAŠ^(SAR) /⁠garaš⁠/). Also Hebrew כְּרֵשָׁה (kərēšā́).