An alternative form or variant of azafran, referring to saffron or a saffron-colored substance used in medieval dyeing and cooking.
A variant of azafran with the '-in' suffix, possibly influenced by Latin chemical nomenclature or medical terminology, this form appears in older European texts dealing with spices and dyes.
Different spellings of spice names in medieval documents reveal the complex trade networks and language-mixing that happened as goods traveled the Silk Road—merchants, translators, and scribes each added their own linguistic twist.
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