Proto-Semitic root
*kurkum-
‘saffron’
di Mino’s gloss: saffron, crocus; yellow
Record 2657 ↗ · SED semet 3191 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes10 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadiankurkānû (CAD K 560)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic4
- Hebrewkarkōm (HALOT 498)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaickurkǝmā, kurḳǝmā ‘saffron’ (Ja. 625)
- Syrian Aramaickurkǝmā ‘crocus sativus’, kurkǝmūtā ‘saffron color’, mǝkarkǝmat gawnā ‘saffron-colored’, kurkǝmānā 'saffron-coloredpl. saffron-colored garments‘, ʔetkarkam ’it turned red / it blushed' (Brock. 346)
- Mandaic Aramaickarkum (HALOT 498)
Arabic1
- Arabickurkum- 'Indian saffron, turmerichenna' (BK II 888)
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian4
- Mehrikerkmíngloss withheld
- Soqotrikérkham (LS 225), kírkamgloss withheld
- Harsusimekárkemgloss withheld
- Jibbaliǝnkɛrkímgloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.