ورس

Etymology
Cognate to 🇨🇬,, , , which shows by its initial , as this in inherited 🇨🇬 words becomes , that it is a foreign word. The varying vocalization of the Arabic may indicate an borrowing akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, as  regularly switches to  after initial labial during the transition from 🇨🇬 to 🇨🇬 in most of its regiolects.

Noun

 * 1)  syns., , a perennial shrub native to Yemen cultivated because the red glands of it secrete a yellow powder used as a pigment and medicinally, but also for a red pigment from the ground hairs of the red fruits, as well as for medicinal purposes

Verb

 * 1) to dye with