Crocus sativus (Common names)

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Names in common use

• English: saffron
• German: Safran
• Dutch: saffraan
• Swedish: saffran
• Danish: safran
• Norwegian: safran
• Icelandic:
  

• French: safran
• Italian: zafferano
• Spanish: azafrán
• Catalan: safrà
• Portuguese: açafrão
• Romanian: şofran
  

• Russian: шафран - šafran
• Polish: szafran
• Czech: šafrán
• Slovak: šafran (Balashev), žafran (Wikipedia)
• Bulgarian: шафран - šafran
• Croatian: šafran
• Serb: шафран
• Slovenian: šafran
  

• Latvian: safrāns
• Lithuanian: šafranas, šafronas
• Albanian: shafran, kaçe
• Greek: ζαφορά, σαφράνι; κρόκος - zafora, safrani; krokos
• Turkish: safran
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: sáfrány
• Finnish: sahrami
• Estonian: safran
  

Sources and commentaries

In some languages, the generic name for Crocus spp. appears in dictionaries, and it may be that scholar use distinguishes crocus as a plant and ssffron as a spice. Such names have not been included here. Even in Greek, κρόκος appears to be a katharevoussa name. MC