ܒܢܦܫܓ bnpšg violet
Allotropes: ܒܢܘܫܓ bnwšg; ܡܢܝܼܫܟ݂ܵܐ mnyškʾ mniškā violet
MP wanafšag [wnpšk'] violet (CPD 86); NP banafša, bunafša, binafša violet; violet-colour; NP, Arab. banafsaǰ id. (Steingass 203); cf. Gignoux 1998–1999, 197. Syr. mnyškʾ is an allotrope of bnpšg; the form is comparable with Arm. LW manušak violet and manušakagoyn violaceous (Bolognesi 1960, 59 and 25; Hübschmann AG 191, no. 391), coming from MIr. *vanavšak, from which also Arab. manafša and Turk. menefše id. were borrowed ● bnpšg Med 58, 3 and 5; 89u (s.l.); EN 35, 1; 49, 26; mnyškʾ Geop 87, 13; Gal ZDMG 39, 258, 3; Med 39, 15; Spic Sol 4, 57, 20; BA 6109; BB 842, 7 ◆ LS 79b; 395b; Lagarde GA 22, 49; Löw 251 and 191; PS Suppl. 57 and 197