Below is a list of words for flowers and herbs; unless otherwise specified, the data are from Hunza Burushaski. Click on the play button next to the Burushaski word to hear the audio [Note: forms in italics are spelt using the proposed Burushaski Roman alphabet; phonetic transcriptions using (modified) IPA are provided within angled brackets “[]”].
English | Singular | Plural |
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herbal tea | tumuro [tumuro] YB. tumur |
tumuro [tumuro] YB. tumuriŋ |
flower | asqur [asqur] |
asquring [asquriŋ] |
sunflower | sa asqur [sa asqur] |
sa asquring [sa asquriŋ] |
rose | ghulaap [ɣulaap] |
ghulaapiching [ɣulaapičiŋ] |
flower | lilyoo [lilyoo] |
lilyooming [lilyoomiŋ] |
soap grass | sabon sriqa [sabon ṣiqa] |
sabon sriqa [sabon ṣiqa] |
juniper | gal [gal] |
galjong [galǰoŋ] |
incense | gulgul [gulgul] |
gulguling [gulguliŋ] |
incense | supandur [supandur] |
supandurisho [supandurišo] |
herb | choottal [čooṭal] |
choottalisho [čooṭališo] |
herb | maadiyan [maadiyan] |
maadiyan [maadiyan] |
flower bud | shuttuko [šuṭuko] |
shuttukumuts [šuṭukumuc] |