زيزفون

See also: زیزفون

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of زِفْزِف (zifzif) and زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf, “jujube”). The meaning of oleaster is also encountered in Modern Greek τζιτζιφιά (tzitzifiá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zaj.za.fuːn/

Noun

زَيْزَفُون • (zayzafūn) m

  1. jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)
    Synonyms: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb), زِفْزِف (zifzif), زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf)
  2. linden, lime tree (Tilia spp.)
  3. oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia and other species)
    Synonym: خِلَاف (ḵilāf)

Declension
Declension of noun زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زَيْزَفُون
zayzafūn		 الزَّيْزَفُون
az-zayzafūn		 زَيْزَفُون
zayzafūn
Nominative زَيْزَفُونٌ
zayzafūnun		 الزَّيْزَفُونُ
az-zayzafūnu		 زَيْزَفُونُ
zayzafūnu
Accusative زَيْزَفُونًا
zayzafūnan		 الزَّيْزَفُونَ
az-zayzafūna		 زَيْزَفُونَ
zayzafūna
Genitive زَيْزَفُونٍ
zayzafūnin		 الزَّيْزَفُونِ
az-zayzafūni		 زَيْزَفُونِ
zayzafūni

Descendants
  • → Persian: زیزفون (zizofun)

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زيزفون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 619
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زيزفون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 541
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