بسباس

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بسباس

/bas.baːs/
/bis.baːs/

Where it comes from

From the Middle Persian predecessor of Persian بزباز (bazbâz), بزبازه (bazbâze), پسپاسه (paspâse, “mace, the cover of nutmeg”), with such semantic variation because in either case it is some minute herb spice thrown into manifold dishes.

noun بَسْبَاس · بِسْبَاس · basbās · bisbās

Anisosciadium spp., particularly Anisosciadium lanatum (so in the Najd)
Pycnocycla spp.
Al Andalus fennel, Foeniculum spp.
Similar: رَازِيَانَج, شَمَر
nutmeg, Myristica spp. (the plant and the seed and sometimes in particular the aril employed as spice) (see how English nutmeg by default means the seed, this Arabic mace) صِفَةُ حَبِّ ٱلْمِسْكِ ٱلْهِنْدِيِّ وَهُوَ دَوَاءٌ تَسْتَعْمِلُهُ ٱلْمُلُوكُ مُجَرَّبٌ جَيِّدٌ نَافِعٌ، يُؤْخَذُ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْمَالِ وَمِنَ ٱلْحِبْرِ مِنْ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ رِطْلٌ يُرَضَّانِ وَيُغْسَلَانِ وَيُصَيَّرَانِ فِي قِدْرٍ نَظِيفَةٍ وَيُصَبُّ عَلَيْهِمَا مِنَ ٱلْمَاءِ ٱلْعَذْبِ أَرْبَعِينَ رِطْلًا
Yemen cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens and other species)

In English

mace a spice

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بسباس},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}