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▪ [v1] : From Pers ʔušnān~ʔišnān ‘the herb alkali, and the ashes which are made from it, with which they wash clothes and the hands after eating’ (Steingass1892).
▪ [v2] : (Rolland2014a:) From Pers ʔušna »‘lichen, algue, mousse, usnée’. Peut-être apparanté à [v1] ‘potass (Salsola kali)’«.

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▪ [v2] Fr usnée , from Ar ↗ʔušnaẗ.

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ʔušnaẗ أُشْنة

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n.f.

moss – WehrCowan1976.

▪ (Rolland2014a:) From Pers ʔušna »‘lichen, algue, mousse, usnée’. Peut-être apparenté à ↗ʔušnān ‘potass (Salsola kali)’«.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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▪ Fr usnée : (1. ‘lichen de couleur grisâtre poussant sur les vieux arbres’) 1553 Usnea, usnech; (2. ‘mousse qui pousse sur le crâne des pendus’) 1694 usnée humaine. Via (bot.) mLat usnea from Ar ʔušnaẗ ‘mousse, lichen’ – CNRTL. – Lokotsch1927 #2139 explains that extraordinary healing power was believed to reside esp. in usnée humaine ‘Flechte, die auf den der Luft ausgesetzten Schädeln der Toten sprießt’ (lichen sprouting on skulls of the dead that are exposed to the air).

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ʔušnān أُشْنان

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1 potash; 2 saltwort (Salsola kali; bot.) – WehrCowan1976.

▪ From Pers ʔušnān~ʔišnān ‘the herb alkali, and the ashes which are made from it, with which they wash clothes and the hands after eating’ (Steingass1892).
▪ Cf. also ↗ʔušnaẗ (< Pers ʔušna ‘lichen, algue, moss, usnea’) which, accord. to Rolland2014a, may be akin to ʔušnān.
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▪ See above, section CONC.
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▪ Cf. prob. Fr usnée < Lat usnea < Ar ↗ʔušnaẗ which is prob. akin to ʔušnān.
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