רְשַׁק, spikenard. Targ. Cant. IV, 14.—כורכמא ר׳ garden crocus, v. כּוּרְכְּמָא. Sabb. 110ᵃ. B. Bath. 16ᵇ (expl. הַפּוּךְ, Job XLII, 14) ככ׳ דר׳ וכ׳ as garden crocus is the best of its kind (of eye-paint); Yalk. Job end כי כוחלא כ׳ ר׳ וכ׳ as the eye-paint kurk’ma rishḳa, as it is written (Jer. IV, 30) &c.—Pl. רִשְׁקִין, רִי׳. Targ. Cant. IV, 13 (ed. Vien. רַ׳).