κάρδαμον: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[nose-smart]], [[Lepidium sativum]] (X., Ar.).<br />Other forms: Also [[παρδαμάλη]] (Phot.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in [[καρδάμωμον]], haplological for <b class="b3">καρδαμ-άμωμον</b> n. [[cardamum]] (Thphr., Dsc.; on the formation Schwyzer 263).<br />Derivatives: [[καρδαμίς]] = [[κάρδαμον]] (Nic., Plu.; after [[κεδρίς]] a. o., Chantraine Formation 343); [[καρδαμίνη]] <b class="b2">id.</b>, also = [[σισύμβριον]] a. o. (Dsc.; Chantraine 204); [[καρδαμάλη]] <b class="b2">Persian cake from κάρδαμον</b> (Trypho ap. Ath.; as [[ἀμυγδάλη]] a. o.); [[καρδαμίζω]] "talk cress", i. e. [[talk nonsense]] (Nic. Th. 617). - Sideform [[καρδάνη]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Gloss.; after [[βοτάνη]]?).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Among the plant names in <b class="b3">-αμον</b> (Schwyzer 494, Chantraine 133) there are several clear loan-words, so will be [[κάρδαμον]]. Doubtful suggestion in Strömberg Wortstudien 38: from <b class="b3">*κάρδος</b> = [[κράδος]] [[twig]] in [[καρδίδιον]], <b class="b3">ἀνα-</b>, [[κατακάρδιον]]. Not better Grošelj Razprave 2, 41: to [[σκόροδον]]. - Skt. <b class="b2">kardamaḥ</b> is a further unknown plant, so connection with [[κάρδαμον]] remains uncertain\/improbable; cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v. - <b class="b3">-αμον</b> is a Pre-Greek suffix, Fur. 64 n. 269. The word has been connected with Hitt. [[karšani]] [[an alcalic plant]], Fur. 252.