Syriac

parpḥinā - purslane (LSyr. 604, SL 1248)

The exact origin of the Aramaic forms cannot be ascertained. The underlying prototype *parpaḫīn- is not compatible with Sumerian {babbar.ḫi} and early Akkadian papparḫû ‘purslane’, but comes very close to the later Akkadian forms (EDA I 392).