[Sca-cooks] OT: name translation Arabic

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

well, i wasnt originally asking for foodie reasons, although one of the
reasons i like thistles is that they are so useful!
edible, medicinal, and you can make stuff with thistle down (you can even
spin it... if you have good hands.. and lots of patience)

but as it happens i am taking up belly dance again, and was hunting around
for a name.  i use the thistle as my sca badge and sometimes as a nick, so i
wondered.......

Kirsten Houseknecht
Fabric Dragon
kirsten at fabricdragon.com
www.fabricdragon.com
Philadelphia, PA     USA
Trims, Amber, Jet, Jewelry, and more...

I worry about you, wear a reflective sweater...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Fox-Davis" <selene at earthlink.net>
To: "Kirsten Houseknecht" <kirsten at fabricdragon.com>; "Cooks within the SCA"
<sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT: name translation Arabic


> Kirsten Houseknecht wrote:
>
> >this is off topic, i know, so please reply to me privately. but can
anyone
> >tell me what the arabic word for "thistle" would be?
> >
> http://web.odu.edu/webroot/instr/sci/plant.nsf/pages/thistles
>
> "The Old Testament word for thistle, chowach, is cognate with the modern
> Arabic, shawk-thorn. This is sometimes translated as thorn or thistle.
> In the first reference to armed plants in the Bible, Genesis 3:18, "It
> [the cursed ground] will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you
> will eat the plants of the field." The word translated thorn is qots.
> Thus, the two words (as well as several others) can be translated as
> thistle or thorn."
>
> It's not so very off-topic;  this writer also discusses edible thistles,
> including the garden artichoke and safflower.
>
> Selene
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