Oh, there is one single word in Persian, hcspng.
But its written in latin letters. Its written "Beschdsch?r". Do you know it?
KZ HORN BOW IN URALSK MUSEUM!
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"PS. I know from my own experience that coniferous woods will not make friction fire making fire board or spindle."
Jack, odly some conifers work very well in that application for some people, haven't tried yet myself, guess the wood has to be in a certain condition (well weathered?) to qualify.
I apologize for getting off the subject.
Jack, odly some conifers work very well in that application for some people, haven't tried yet myself, guess the wood has to be in a certain condition (well weathered?) to qualify.
I apologize for getting off the subject.
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It is difficult to sort out the meaning of the phonetic transliterations such as these. According to my Ottoman Turkish dictionary, the Turkish terms: kam-agadschi, kogusch-agadschi and akdsche-agadschi do not bring anything new. The first probably refers to a "bow wood", the second (kovush agachi) means "timber wood" and the last (akche agachi) means "pale wood" or "maple".
The neba or nab tree is probably the nebk tree - a small tree or a shrub very common in the area (Ziziphus or Ramnus spinachristi, a buckhorn). The dictionary points also to a lotus tree, which can be several species: jujuba, nettle (hackberry) or persimmon.
The other names starting with "schew" or "scher/schir" might be a thorny plant (shevke- in Ottoman), or a plant with milky sap or perhaps a resin (shir-). The Rhamnus trees, such as the nebk or jujuba would fit the description best. Plus, the berries and bark used to be a source of a yellow dye, so one can imagine the wood may be yellow as well. The sap/resin could be describing acacia, well known as a source of bow wood and gum Arabic, but I think the neba is probably nebk.
Adam
The neba or nab tree is probably the nebk tree - a small tree or a shrub very common in the area (Ziziphus or Ramnus spinachristi, a buckhorn). The dictionary points also to a lotus tree, which can be several species: jujuba, nettle (hackberry) or persimmon.
The other names starting with "schew" or "scher/schir" might be a thorny plant (shevke- in Ottoman), or a plant with milky sap or perhaps a resin (shir-). The Rhamnus trees, such as the nebk or jujuba would fit the description best. Plus, the berries and bark used to be a source of a yellow dye, so one can imagine the wood may be yellow as well. The sap/resin could be describing acacia, well known as a source of bow wood and gum Arabic, but I think the neba is probably nebk.
Adam
