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yāsimīn ياسمين , var. yāsmīn
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jasmine – WehrCowan1979.
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▪ from mPers yāsaman (Asbaghi).
▪ The word is one out of a plentitude of loans from mPers which testifies to the intense interaction between Arab and Iranian culture during the first centuries of the Muslim expansion. Arabic was then »invigorated by new elements of ideas and images, stimulated with fresh conceptions of excellence and eloquence, and enriched […] with a new vocabulary. Persian, in particular, was responsible for the introduction of new terms in the fields of luxury, ornaments, handicrafts, fine arts, government administration, and public registers."«1 . yāsmīn is one out of the significant number of botanical terms that found their way into Arabic.
1. Khalafallah, »ʕArabiyya: Early Middle Arabic«, in: EI².
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DRS 10 (2012)#YSMN: Syr yasmā, yāsmīn, Ar yāsamīn, yāsamūn, dial. yāsmīn ‘jasmin’. Emprunt au persan où on relève yāsim, yāsam, yāsaman, yāsamīn, yāsamūn ‘jasmin’.
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▪ EALL (Asbaghi, »Persian Loanwords«): a loan from mPers yāsaman.
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