أقنثا

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • أَقَنْث (ʔaqanṯ), أَقَنْثِين (ʔaqanṯīn)
  • أَقَنْتَا (ʔaqantā), أَقَنْت (ʔaqant)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha) and ἀκάνθιον (akánthion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.qan.θaː/

Noun

أَقَنْثَا • (ʔaqanṯā) f

  1. (obsolete) various kinds of thistles mainly of the Cynareae and Cichorieae tribes
    Synonym: بَادَاوَرْد (bādāward)
  2. (now) the genus and any species of Acanthus

Declension

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