# بصل
## Arabic
### Etymology

Akin to Hebrew בָּצָל (bāṣā́l), Phoenician 𐤁𐤑𐤋 (bṣl), Aramaic בּוּצְלָא (būṣlā), Classical Syriac ܒܶܨܠܳܐ (beṣlā), Old South Arabian 𐩨𐩮𐩡 (bṣl), Mehri béṣál, Shehri béṣál, Soqotri biṣle. With a sound change it is also found in Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒊒 (bisru, bišru; biṣru, “leek, a plant or bulb covered in a skin”), a variation influenced or conflated with Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒀸 (biṣrum, “container, pouch, wrapping”), related also to Akkadian 𒁍𒊻𒍪𒊒𒌝 (buṣṣurum, “to tear apart, to peel”) specifically attested about garlic (a type of onion) and Akkadian 𒁉𒄑𒍪𒀸 (biṣṣūrum, “vulva, labia, folds of skin”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.sˤal/

### Noun

بَصَل • (baṣal) m (collective, singulative بَصَلَة f (baṣala))
* onion
* bulb

#### Derived terms

* بَصَل الذِئْب (baṣal aḏ-ḏiʔb, “three-cornered leek, Allium triquetrum”)
* بَصَل الْبَرّ (baṣal al-barr, “sea daffodil, Pancratium maritimum”)
* بَصَل الْخِنْزِير (baṣal al-ḵinzīr, “sea onion, Drimia maritima”)
* بَصَل الْفَأْر (baṣal al-faʔr, “sea onion, Drimia maritima”)
* بَصَل بَرَّانِيّ (baṣal barrāniyy, “sea onion, Drimia maritima”)
* بَصَل حَارّ (baṣal ḥārr, “sea onion, Drimia maritima”)
* بَصَل عَسْقَلانِيّ (baṣal ʕasqalāniyy, “shallot, (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)”)
* بَصَل فِرْعَوْن (baṣal firʕawn, “sea onion, Drimia maritima”)
* بَصَلِيّ (baṣaliyy, “bulbar”)
* بُصَيْلَة (buṣayla, “shallot, (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)”)

#### Descendants

* Maltese: basal
* → Afar: básal
* → Beja: basal
* → Bole: àlbasàr
* → Ge'ez: በጸል (bäṣäl), ቦጸል (boṣäl)
* → Hausa: àlbasā̀
** → Nupe: àlùbása
** → Yoruba: àlùbọ́sà, àlùbásà
*** → Gun: àlùbásà
*** → Krio: yabas
* → Igbo: yabasị
* → Jina: àlbasàr
* → Kanuri: albasar
* → Mabaan: bacan
* → Saho: basal
* → Sindhi: بصر (basar)
* → Somali: basal
* → Tigre: በጸል (bäṣäl)

#### References

* “buṣṣuru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 2, B, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1965, page 134
* “bisru–biṣṣūru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, volume 2, B, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1965, page 268
* Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 545
* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بصل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 92a
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “بصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 212–213
* Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 111
* Leslau, Wolf (1938) Lexique Soqotri (sudarabique moderne) avec comparaisons et explications étymologiques (in French), Wiesbaden: Libraire C. Klincksieck, page 93
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بصل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 127
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بصل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 76

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَصَل (baṣal, “onion”).

### Noun

بصل • (basal)
* onion (Allium cepa)
    Synonym: صوغان (soğan)
* (botany) bulbous root

#### Descendants

* Turkish: basal

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “basal1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 474
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بصل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 268
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cepa”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 169
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بصل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 368

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic بَصَل (baṣal).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.sˤal/, [ˈbɑ.sˤɑl]
* Audio (Bethlehem):(file)

### Noun

بصل • (baṣal) m (collective, singulative بصلة f (baṣale))
* (uncountable) onions