ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BHR
a certain plant, of sweet odour, the plant called ʕarār which is also called ʕayn al-baqar (buphthalmum, or ox-eye), the bahār al-barr, a crisping or curling plant having a yellow flower, growing in the days of the spring; perfume; (and hence also:) flowers of the desert; anything goodly, beautiful, and bright, or shining – Lane I (1863). narcisse, narcissus tagetta L. – Dozy I (1881).
▪ From Pers bahār ‘spring’?
▪ Relations with other items of ↗√BHR unlikely.
▪ DRS 2 (1994)#BHR-3: »iran. ? bahār ‘printemps’?« (following Blachère, Dictionnaire)
▪ Probably no relation with other items of ↗√BHR.
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