Entries on ركف in 3 Arabic dictionaries by the authors Al-Ṣaghānī, al-ʿUbāb al-Dhākhir wa-l-Lubāb al-Fākhir, Murtaḍa al-Zabīdī, Tāj al-ʿArūs fī Jawāhir al-Qamūs and Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab
رُكْف: يطلق أهل الشام اسم الركف على بخور مريم، حسب ما جاء في مخطوطة أمن ابن البيطار (1: 123) وأرى أن هذه الكلمة هي الصحيحة لأن برجرن (ص846) يترجم cyclamen hederoefolium ببخور مريم ورُكْف ورُقْف. وفي مخطوطة ب: الذلف، وعند سوفثيمر: الولف وكذلك عند فريتاج في مادة بخور مريم، وعند بوشر مقابل Cyclamen، ولعل بوشر تابع فريتاج في ذلك.
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