köken: Probably an ancient Aramaic borrowing, given that widespread Northeastern Neo-Aramaic ܩܰܠܩܳܐ (qalqa, “cardoon”) has another widespread variant ܩܰܩܢܳܐ (qaqna). For ܩ (q) giving ک (k) see کما (komâ, “Ferula”), for the ر (r) شنار (šenâr, “swimming; horehound”) in place of شنا (šenâ), though trailing extension of a root by ر (r) within Semitic is also very often observed, so either way a match is…
köken: Changed from ดัง (dang), from Proto-Tai *ɗaŋᴬ (“nose”). In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Isan ดัง, Lao ດັງ (dang), Northern Thai ᨯᩢ᩠ᨦ (daŋ⁴), Khün ᨯᩢ᩠ᨦ (daŋ⁴), Lü ᦡᧂ (ḋang), Tai Dam ꪒꪰꪉ (đăng), Shan လင်/ၼင် (lǎng/nǎng) as in ၶူႈလင်/ၶူႈၼင် (khūu lǎng/khūu nǎng), Tai Nüa ᥘᥒ (lang), Ahom 𑜓𑜂𑜫 (daṅ) or 𑜃𑜂𑜫 (naṅ), Aiton ဒင︀် (daṅ) or ꩫ︀င︀် (naṅ). In Northern Tai, cognate with Zhuang ndaeng, Bouyei…
Etimoloji
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα f (ákantha). Sense for architecture, semantic loan from French acanthe < Latin acanthus from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος m (ákanthos) for which also see άκανθος m (ákanthos). Also see αγκάθι n (agkáthi, “thorn”).