بلنجمشک

Persian

Alternative forms

فرنجمشک (faranjmošk), برنجمشک (baranjmošk), فلنجمشک (falanjmošk), پلنجمشک (palanjmošk), پرنجمشک (paranjmošk), افرنجمشک (afranjmošk)

Etymology

From a variant of (bâlang, “citron; cucumber”) or (bâdrang, “cucumber; lemon”) +‎ (mošk, “moschus”), compare the lemon-balm’s other common names (vârang-bu, literally “citron-smelling”) and (bâdrang-buye, literally “cucumber-smelling or citron-smelling”). The f-anlauting forms are understood as from (faranj, “Frank”) perceiving a “Frankish moschus, European moschus”.

Noun

بلنجمشک • (balanjmošk)

lemon balm

Descendants

→ Arabic: فَلَنْجَمُشْك (falanjamušk), أَفْلَنْجَمُشْك (ʔaflanjamušk), فَرَنْجَمُشْك (faranjamušk), بَرَنْجَمُشْك (baranjamušk), أَفْرَنْجَمُشْك (ʔafranjamušk)