ܩܩܘܠܓ qqwlg Bunias kakile L (?), cardamom
Reborrowing: ܩܩܘܠܐ qqwlʾ
MP kākulag (Bundahišn 16, 21); NP, Arab. qāqula, qāqulat cardamom (Steingass 948): see Gignoux 1998–1999, 198 f., who argues that the change from MP initial k- to NP q- can only be explained as mediated by Syriac, as also happens in numerous words: see, for instance, Syr. qwqwmylhʾ (ms. Syr. 423, p. 68) ← Greek κοκκυμήλεα plum tree; Syr. qhrtʾ (ms. Syr. 423, p. 67) ← Greek κερατέα carob: see also § 11.3.1. Syr. qqwlʾ clearly depends on NP qāqula ● qqwlg Med 361, 11; ms. Syr. 423, p. 39 (see Gignoux, cit.); EN 26, 84; BB l.l. (Löw Flora 3, 500); qqwlʾ BB 1959, 19 ◆ LS 688b: no etymon