Iergir
From Simon Online
Iergir arabice eruca.
Apparatus:
Iergir AC ef | Ieurgir B
{eruca} al’ iergir add. B
Translation:
Iergir is Arabic for Latin eruca {"rocket, Eruca sativa Mill."}.
Commentary:
Siggel (1950: 25): ﺟﺮﺟﻴﺮ /ğarğīr, ğirğīr/ Brassica eruca (Crucif.), Rauke… {i.e. "salad rocket"}.
Simon's transcription of the Arabic word with initial "i" is an attempt to express the affricate pronunciation of /ğarğīr/, i.e. the initial and final sound in English judge; in the spelling of Italian in Simon's time this sound would have been written as "i", e.g. iorno "day", but today: giorno.
See also: Eruca, Euzomum, Gergir, Girgir
Wilf Gunther 01/12/13