artisjokk

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic الْخَرْشُوف (al-ẖaršúf), from Arabic الْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf).[1][2]

Noun

artisjokk m (definite singular artisjokken, indefinite plural artisjokker, definite plural artisjokkene)

  1. an artichoke

References

  1. Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages, page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
  2. alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Northern Italian articiocco, from Provençal archichaut, arquichaut, from Old Spanish alcarchofa, from Andalusian Arabic اَلْخَرْشُوف (alẖaršúf(a)), from Arabic اَلْخُرْشُوف (al-ḵuršūf), definite form of خُرْشُوف (ḵuršūf).[1][2]

Noun

artisjokk m (definite singular artisjokken, indefinite plural artisjokkar, definite plural artisjokkane)

  1. an artichoke

References

  1. Elcock, W. D. (1960) The Romance Languages, page 282: "Borrowed directly from the Qairawān–Sicily region, without the article, the same Arabic word appears in Italian as carciofo; the Spanish form penetrated, however, into Provence, where it became archichaut, arquichaut, and thence into northern Italy as articiocco".
  2. alcachofa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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