زرجون

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zar.d͡ʒuːn/

Etymology 1

Noun

زَرْجُون (zarjūn) m

  1. alternative form of زَرْقُون (zarqūn, minium; zircon)
Declension

Etymology 2

Identical to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic זרגונה (zargōnā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic זרגונא (zargōnā), Classical Syriac ܙܪܓܘܢܐ (zargōnā), Hebrew זרגון (zargōn), also meaning vine shoots. Compare Hebrew זרדים (young sprouts, shoots; hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna); whitethorn (Crataegus azarolus) and its shoots), hence perhaps related to زُعْرُور (zuʿrūr, medlar (Crataegus)).

Noun

زَرْجُون (zarjūn) m (collective, singulative زَرْجُونَة (zarjūna))

  1. shoots of a grapevine
Declension

Noun

زَرْجُون (zarjūn) m

  1. clear water that stagnates in a mountain
Declension
Further reading
  • zrgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 69
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