حمبزان

Etymology
Mandaville observes that “there are a few unexpected absences in the old data [i. e. of classical Arabic plant name uses] […] We also look in vain for two important annuals with edible rootstock: rubaḥlah and ḥambizān”. Steiger argues that the forms for this sour root vegetable are actually the same word as, , positing these as progressively sonorized from , , in a chain from the now obsolete form to  to  to  and a chain  →  → , and also deeming the same term present in 🇨🇬, , ultimately explaining all as from the transparent term , vulgarly.

Noun

 * 1)  gen. et spp. the taproot and petioles, of at least, are eaten