Where does “إنجنار” come from?

إنجنار (North Levantine Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish انكنار, from Greek αγκινάρα, from Byzantine Greek ἀγκινάρα, from Ancient Greek κινάρα — artichoke.

إنجنار (North Levantine Arabic): artichoke

Definitions

  1. artichoke

Ancestry of “إنجنار”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishانكنارartichoke, a plant related to the thistle, with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)
2Greekαγκινάραartichoke, globe artichoke; cardoon
3Byzantine Greekἀγκινάρα
4Ancient Greekκινάραartichoke
Every word from Ancient Greek κινάραEvery word from Byzantine Greek ἀγκινάραEvery word from Greek αγκινάρα