زبرجد

Arabic

زَبَرْجَد

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܡܪܓܕܐ (zəmargaḏā, zəmarraḡdā), from earlier ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ (ʾezmarraḡdā), from Ancient Greek σμᾰ́ραγδος (smáragdos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /za.bar.d͡ʒad/

Noun

زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad) m

  1. chrysolite, olivine, peridot
  2. aquamarine

Declension

Descendants

See also

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 61
  • Freytag, Georg (1833), زبرجد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 222
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