فرفحين

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فرفحين

/far.fa.ħiːn/

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Aramaic פרפחינה / פרפחינא / ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ (/⁠parpəḥīnā⁠/, “purslane”), from Akkadian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI /⁠parpaḫu, papparḫu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI). These are of the same origin: Persian پرپرم (parparam), پرپهن (parpahan), Central Kurdish پەڵپینە (pellpîne), Northern Kurdish pirpar, pêrpîne, Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem), Georgian ფარფინა (parpina).

noun فَرْفَحِين · farfaḥīn · الْفَرْفَحِين · فَرْفَحِينٌ

purslane (Portulaca gen. et spp.); especially the common purslane or pursley (Portulaca oleracea)
Similar: رِجْل, بَقْل, بَرْبِير
nonstandard Bacopa monnieri

In English

common purslane Portulaca oleracea

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فرفحين. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86

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"فرفحين." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فرفحين},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}