Bedouin Ethnobotany: Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World

Index of Arabic Plant Names

Index of Arabic Plant Names Bold type in names indicates Bedouin name forms. Plain italics are literary or other usages. Order is English alphabetic disregarding diacritical marks. Bold page numbers indicate main entries with technical plant descriptions, vernacular name analyses, and references to CD photos. ‘abal (arta), 7, 20(fig.), 76, 163, 215, 238, , 257, 336, 355; for firemaking, 104; as firewood, 62, 65, 68–69, 97, 101–102; as food plant, 109; medicinal uses, 133; for tanning, dyeing, 140–141, 143 ‘abal, 257 abu khawatim, 155, 200–202,  abu nashr, 203,  abu threb, , 321 acheb, 331 ‘adam,  ‘adhir, 83, 141, 209, 238, , 280 ‘a�i, 196 ‘a�id, 197,  ‘a�ris (‘u�ris), 119,  ‘afs, 355 ‘agraban, 152,  ‘agul, 133,  ahrar, 337–339 ahrar al-baql, 196 akrich, 332 alal,  ‘alanda, 139, , 332 ‘alandá, 242 alenda, 332 ‘alga, 97,  ‘alut, 115 ‘ambasis, 107,  ‘andab, 95, 152, 209, 217, 234–235,  ‘ansalan, 106,  ‘anter, 114,  ‘arad, 193, 238,  ‘arajin, 197 arak, 115, 146 ‘arfaj, 8, 56, 62, 99, 143, 206, 208, 211, 234, , 271, 329, 332, 336; for grazing, 74–76, 92, 96, 125; khillah as example of, 195; leader in plant community , 30–32; as firewood, 102–103 arfedg, 332 arga, 123,  ‘arjun, 128, 142, 198, 199,  arta, 7, 102, 104, 133, 140, 143, 215, –257, 332, 336, 355 asabi‘ al-‘arus, 155,  ‘asal, 158,  ‘asansal,  ashjar, 207 ‘atharib, 115 athl, 143, 241–, 244, 332 ‘awalit, 115 azaran, 218 babunaj, 136,  bahilaj, 355 bakhatri,  ballah,  bambar, 356 baql, 337, 338–339 382 ndex of arabc plant names bardi,  barukan, 131,  barwag, 99, 120,  basal, 107,  basbas, 111, 135, 209,  basbas, 355 basham, 148 basul,  berag, 99,  b‘ethiran, 120, 209,  birkan, 131, ,  bisr, –326 bkhatri, 113 blukh, 126, 204,  burkat, 120 bwe�a,  chagar, 332 choubrek, 332 da‘a‘, 118, 204, ,  �a‘ah,  dabghah, 212,  �abyah, –,  dahma,  dam al-akhawayn, 355 damdim, 217 damran, 332 dar filfil, 356 darma,  dawil, 336 �a‘wit, 217 dayram, 355 dha‘lug, 113,  dha‘lug al-jamal,  dhanabah,  dhanaban, 208, ,  dhanabnab, ,  dhanin, 197 dhanun, 111, 197–199,  dhignun, 113,  dhinaban,  dhinnaban,  dhnun, 111, 197–199,  dhukur, 337–339 dhu‘lug, 113. See also dha‘lug dhu‘lug al-jamal, 113 djada, 332 dmagh al-jarbu‘,  dom, 115, 243 drema, , 286, 338 �resah, ,  �u‘ayy,  �umran, 94, 97, 192–193, 235, 238, , 332 �urret an-na‘am, 112,  duwwed, 144,  eilag, 218 ethl, 332 fag‘, 120–121, 125–127, 131, 204–205, 221, 230, ; growth, conditions for, 60, 63, 122; indicator plants for, 72, 123, 124, 275; life form of, 197–198 fag‘an, 120 fahl,  falafil, al-, 291 fani, ,  faq‘, 197, 337 far‘ah, 361 fathth, 337 filfil mabarad, 356 fisfisfah, al-, 291 fitriyat, al-, 197–198,  fnun,  frethah, 136,  ftur, 127 ftur,  fuqu‘, 197 futur, 127 ga�ga�, 209,  gaf‘a, 199, 201,  gahwiyan, 70, 188, , 323, 336 gamh,  ndex of arabc plant names 383 gara�, 140 garmal, 194,  garnah,  garnuwah, , ,  garras, 111,  gasba, 237,  gasis,  gataf, 194,  gatb,  gesum, 133, 239,  gfe‘ah, 131 gha�a, 17(fig.), 104, 193, 235, 239, , 336; as firewood, 101–102; as leader in plant community, 33–34 ghaf, 244 ghalgah, 141, , 332 gharaz, ,  ghardag, 115, 193, , 332 gharqad, 274 ghaslah, 144, 212,  ghazalah, 98,  ghi�raf,  ghisl, 356 ghlas,  ghlasi, 126 ghrera, 70,  gir�i, gur�i,  gish‘, 183, 188, 338 gitt,  glegilan, , 332 gnefidhah, 131,  goulglane, 332 greta, 134, ,  gten, 104, 293 gtenah, 154, 194, 242,  gteyin, 104, 293 gufe‘a,  gulgulan, 209, 215,  gungulan, 209,  gur�i, gir�i,  gurhan,  gurm, 97, 194, , 358 gurres, 111, 120, 208,  guruf, 143 guttenah, 208, 292, – habbah samra’, 356 habbah sawda’, 356 habbah soda, 128 habb harmal, 356 had, 332 hadaq, 118 haddarat al-jamal,  hadh, 95, 193, 217, 237, , 332, 336; as leader in plant community, 33–34 ha�id,  hajna, 217 halam, 56, 61, 95, 215, 217,  halam, 336 halfoe, 218 halilaj, 356 halola,  halta, 154,  haltit, 128 haltit, 356 halwah, 204,  haly, 336 hama�at, 191 hamah, 154, –269 hamar wagif, 118, 204,  hamat, 189, 215, 217, 237,  hamat, 336 hamata, 159 hamba�, 112, 120 hambasis, 70, 111, , 297 hambizan, 107, 154, , 337 ham�, 11, 142, 198, 229, 234–235, 237, 240, 247, 250, 254, 256, 265, 274, 292– 293, 310, 312, 336, 339; importance for camel grazing, 93, 94; as intermediate category, 190–196 hamd, 339 ham�ah, 191 ham� al-arnab,  hamma�, 112, 120, 195,  hammouidh...