بنجنكشت

Arabic

Alternative forms

فَنْجَنْكُشْت (fanjankušt), بَنْجَكُشْت (banjakušt), فَنْجَكُشْت (fanjakušt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (panj-angošt, “chaste tree”, literally “five-finger”), so named because of the leaves ordered in groups of five. So this plant in Ancient Greek πεντάφυλλον (pentáphullon) and in Arabic ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ban.d͡ʒan.kuʃt/, /ban.d͡ʒan.kaʃt/

Noun

بَنْجَنْكُشْت or بَنْجَنْكَشْت • (banjankušt or banjankašt) m

chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Synonyms: حَبّ الْفَقْد (ḥabb al-faqd), سَرْسَاد (sarsād), ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 29, Art. 12, page 365:

Declension

Declension of noun بَنْجَنْكُشْت (banjankušt)‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْت (banjankašt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنْجَنْكُشْت‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt‎; banjankašt	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْت‎; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْت al-banjankušt‎; al-banjankašt	بَنْجَنْكُشْت‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt‎; banjankašt
Nominative	بَنْجَنْكُشْتٌ‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٌ banjankuštun‎; banjankaštun	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتُ‎; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتُ al-banjankuštu‎; al-banjankaštu	بَنْجَنْكُشْتُ‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتُ banjankuštu‎; banjankaštu
Accusative	بَنْجَنْكُشْتًا‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتًا banjankuštan‎; banjankaštan	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتَ‎; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتَ al-banjankušta‎; al-banjankašta	بَنْجَنْكُشْتَ‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتَ banjankušta‎; banjankašta
Genitive	بَنْجَنْكُشْتٍ‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٍ banjankuštin‎; banjankaštin	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتِ‎; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتِ al-banjankušti‎; al-banjankašti	بَنْجَنْكُشْتِ‎; بَنْجَنْكَشْتِ banjankušti‎; banjankašti

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–494
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 375–376

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