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valerian
English
Etymology
From Old French valeriane or Medieval Latin valeri?na, a reinterpretation of what is found as German Baldrian after val?re (“to be powerful”) or also the gentilic name Valerius, which is seemingly borrowed in the Dark Age period from the late 6th to early 8th century from Turkic or Proto-Mongolic, when the Pannonian Avars were direct neighbours to the Germans, notably also present in Hungarian bojtorján (“burdock”), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic, reflected as
Middle Mongolian ??????????? (bal?ir?an-a, “false hellebore; angelica”), composed as ?????? (bal?ir, “infant; young, tender, fresh, rank”) + plant name suffix ????? (-?ana),
Mongolian ?????????? (balchirgana, “false hellebore; angelica”), composed as ?????? (balchir, “infant; young, tender, fresh, rank”) + plant name suffix -???? (-gana).
See Ottoman Turkish ???????? (bald?ran, “hemlock”) for Turkic cognates.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v??l?????n/
- Homophone: Valyrian
Noun
valerian (countable and uncountable, plural valerians)
- A hardy perennial flowering plant, Valeriana officinalis, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers.
- More generally, any plant of the genus Valeriana.
- (uncountable) The root of Valeriana officinalis, used in herbal medicine.
- An extract of the dried roots of the Valeriana officinalis used in herbal medicine as a sedative.
Synonyms
- (Valeriana officinalis): allheal, cat thyme
Translations
Anagrams
- Ravelian
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nard
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /n??d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /n??d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Etymology 1
From Middle English narde, from Old French narde, Latin nardus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician [Term?], Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”). Doublet of nardus.
Noun
nard (countable and uncountable, plural nards)
- Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant of the valerian family that grows in the Himalayas, used as a perfume, an incense, a sedative, and an herbal medicine.
- A fragrant oil from the plant, formerly much prized.
- American spikenard (Aralia racemosa), a North American perennial herb with an aromatic root.
Synonyms
- nardus (obsolete)
- (Nardostachys jatamansi): nardin, muskroot
Derived terms
- spikenard
References
- nard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nardostachys jatamansi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Nardostachys+jatamansi at The Plant List
- nard at OneLook Dictionary Search
- nard, in Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd edition, 1987.
Etymology 2
Alteration of nuts (“testicles”) or nads (“gonads”).
Noun
nard (plural nards)
- (US, 1980s, slang, usually in the plural) Testicles.
- The soccer ball hit me right in the nards!
Synonyms
- (testicles): balls, nuts
Anagrams
- -andr-, DNAR, DNRA, RAND, Rand, andr-, darn, rDNA, rand, rdna
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin nardus (“spikenard”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /?na?t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?nart/
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- tuberose (Agave amica)
Further reading
- “nard” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin nardus.
Noun
nard m (plural nards)
- (botany) matgrass (Nardus)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “nard” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “nard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ?????? (nárdos), from Phoenician, from Sanskrit ??? (nálada, “Indian narde”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nârd/
Noun
n?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- nard (plant or oil)
References
- “nard” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Volapük
Noun
nard (nominative plural nards)
- valerian
Declension
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