common salsify, vegetable oyster, oyster plant, purple salsify, Jerusalem star (Tragopogon porrifolius) (plant in goat's-beard genus cultivated for its ornamental flower and edible root)
köken: Widespread in the dialects. The origin is uncertain. Ačaryan identifies with homonymous սինձ (sinj, “hawthorn”). Asatrian derives from the Iranian family discussed in Persian اسفناج (esfenâj). Compare especially Northern Kurdish şeng, şing (“Tragopogon pratensis”) from that family.