nuḫurtu
DRAFT
Meanings:
asafoetida; Ferula ass-afoetida (?)
de:German: Deutsch Asafoetida; Asant (Ferula ass-afoetida) (?)
fr:French: Français asafoetida; Ferula assa-foetida (?)
Domain: Medicine and treatment; materia magica, medica et sacra; plants
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Etymology: Cf. JAram. nūritā for either “buttercup (crowfoot)” or “asafoetida,” see Stol 2025, 317.
Discussion
Note the discussion of nuḫurtu “(Ferula) assa-foetida; asafoetida” and tījatu “crowfoot(?)” or the root of Ferula assa-foetida (or Ferula feotida?) in Stol 2025. The designation may have thus been used for several kinds of plants of the Ferula family, producing asafoetida (a gum-like resin, used medicinally and culinary).