myrrh

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
2. (uncountable, usually) Synonym of chrism.
3. (Scotland, uncountable, usually) The herb chervil.

Synonyms

sweet cicely

gum myrrh

grieve

incense

Myrrha

gum-myrrh

Commiphora myrrha

common myrrh

aloes

Commiphora abyssinica

chrism

Translations

myrrhe

Myrrhe

mirra

mirra

mirre

myrrha

murra

mirra

mirra

mür

Myrre

Myrrha

sarı sakız

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɜɹ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mirre

Inherited from Old English: myrre

Cognate with Arabic: مُرّ

Cognate with Hebrew: -

In summary

From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.