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Akkadian
piršantu - (an aromatic plant)
(CAD P 414, AHw. 855)
Most probably, of Hurrian origin. Analysable as fer-ž-and-i, derived from a root *f/perž- with the root complement -and (Wilhelm 2008:88) and the thematic vowel -i,