زعتر

Etymology
Assumed to be from /, the  +  in Arabic a regular resolution of  giving a word an Arabic shape, like in  for , or the  was previously present in Aramaic too. The form with the onset corresponding to the Aramaic,, is the most classical in Arabic.

The ultimate origin is ar; the word is also found in 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. In one old view all are ultimately from the Latin term, the origin of which is ar.

In Mandaville’s conception, there is an “old demonstrative s” seen in 🇨🇬 “with the semantic effect of” 🇨🇬 prefixed to, hence the word means “that which has scent”. (Or is it the plant name ? He writes ʿitr and glosses it “perfume”.)

However the oldest forms seem to be found in 🇨🇬 found in lexical lists connected to and.

Of further curiosity is the possible attestation of the preserved in cuneiform; it is common for the zero reflex of, to only be detectable in Akkadian by the e-coloring of an adjacent *a. The distance between Arabic and Akkadian and the lack of its presence in their likely intermediaries, possibly suggests a form of further common origin, albeit with a metathesis of and, and a retention of that form in Arabic, but not so in other Semitic tongues.

Noun

 * 1) zaatar, wild thyme

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) thyme

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) zaatar, thyme