زقوم

Arabic
زَقُّوم – Balanites aegyptiacus
زَقُّوم – Euphorbia neriifolia

Etymology

From the root ز ق م (z-q-m) related to gulping.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zaq.quːm/

Noun

زَقُّوم • (zaqqūm) m

  1. Egyptian balsam (Balanites aegyptiacus fruit and tree)
    Hypernym: هِجْلِيج (hijlīj)
    • 2019 June 24, مشاري الذايدي, “باتجاه سقوط محور تركيا وإيران وقطر”, in Aš-šarq al-ʾawsaṭ‎:
      المعسكر الذي تقبع به سلطات قطر وتركيا وإيران في النازل لا الطالع، تحصد الزقوم وتتجرع العلقم وتضرس الحصرم على أسنان نخرة.
      The camp in which the powers of Qaṭar, Turkey, and Iran trumpet is descending, not ascending; they reap the Egyptian balsam, gorge the colocynth, and chomp on sour grapes high-nosed.
  2. spurge (Euphorbia spp., including Euphorbia neriifolia, Euphorbia resinifera, Euphorbia abyssinica)

Declension
Declension of noun زَقُّوم (zaqqūm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زَقُّوم
zaqqūm		 الزَّقُّوم
az-zaqqūm		 زَقُّوم
zaqqūm
Nominative زَقُّومٌ
zaqqūmun		 الزَّقُّومُ
az-zaqqūmu		 زَقُّومُ
zaqqūmu
Accusative زَقُّومًا
zaqqūman		 الزَّقُّومَ
az-zaqqūma		 زَقُّومَ
zaqqūma
Genitive زَقُّومٍ
zaqqūmin		 الزَّقُّومِ
az-zaqqūmi		 زَقُّومِ
zaqqūmi

Descendants
  • → Armenian: զխկում (zxkum)
  • → Azerbaijani: zəqqum
  • → English: zachun
  • → Hebrew: זַקּוּם (zaqqūm)
  • → Kazakh: зақым (zaqym)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زقوم (zakkum, zikkum, zıkkum)

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زقوم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 596b
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زقوم”, 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 244b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زقوم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 999b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1239a

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Pronunciation
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /zəqːuːm/
  • Rhymes: -um

Interjection

زقوم • (zaqqūm)

  1. (slang) expression of, disgust, annoyance, anger, dismay

Ottoman Turkish
زَقُّوم – Nerium oleander

Etymology

From Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Noun

زقوم • (zakkum, zikkum, zıkkum)

  1. oleander (Nerium oleander)
    Synonym: آغو آغاجی (ağu ağacı)

Descendants

Noun

زقوم • (zıkkım)

  1. poison
    Synonyms: زهر (zehr), آغو (ağu)
  2. vex, bitter pill, a nuisant thing or behaviour or person
    Synonyms: الم (elem), بلا (belâ), علت (ʼillet)

Descendants
  • Turkish: zıkkım

References
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