Einige Notizen zur Etymologie von kat. 'borratja', 'borraina'

Abstract

This article interprets the form borratja as a direct arabism because in vulgar Arabic there is an etymon that is both formally and semantically acceptable: bū hur(r)ays "drunk".

The word borraina, on the other hand, is considered a borrowing transmitted through the low Latin borragine(m), which, in turn, comes from the same etymological basis, the vulgar Arabic (Hispano-Arabic and Maghreb) bū hur(r)ayš that designates borratja and other related plants.