ܐܘܫܩ wšq awšāq ἀμμωνιακόν ammoniac, gum ammoniac
Allotrope: ܗܘܫܩ hwšq. Reborrowing: ܘܫܩ wšq juniper resin
MP *(w)ušag (see Maggi 2003, no. 5); NP uša gum ammoniac (Steingass 67), vuša gum ammoniac, assafoetida (ibid. 1470), ušaq / uššaq gum ammoniac (ibid. 65), vušaq / vuššaq id. (ibid. 1469); ušaq, vušaǰ gum of the plant badrān (ibid. 1469). NP uš(š)aq, vuš(š)aq, vušaǰ are Arabized forms. — Arab. wuššaq gum-ammoniac. Maggi ibid. n. 40 holds that ʾwšq comes from MP *(w)ušag, whereas a connection between NP (w)uša and MP wašag a kind of beer (CPD 88; Flattery – Schwartz 1989, 87 n. 23) remains doubtful. In Maggi's opinion, Syr. ʾšg ammoniac (PS 404), attested as the second element of the compound bnwšg middle-sized pistachio (see s.v.) may be a variant of ʾwšq. According to Henning 1955, 603 n. 1, wšq is presumably a mere transcription of the standard Arabic form of MP wašag ● ʾwšq Med 56, 9; EN 24, 33; BB 97, 20; wšq Duv B 2, 5, 17; hwšq Med 153, 4 ◆ LS 53b; 186b; Lagarde GA 11, 18; PS Suppl. 11 and 99