زنجفر

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • سِنْجَفْر / سُنْجُفْر (sinjafr / sunjufr), زِنْجَرْف / زُنْجُرُف (zinjarf / zunjuruf), سِنْجَرْف (sinjarf)

Etymology

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Noun

زِنْجَفْر or زُنْجُفْر • (zinjafr or zunjufr) m

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Declension
Declension of noun زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr)‎; زُنْجُفْر (zunjufr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr		 الزِّنْجَفْر‎; الزُّنْجُفْر
az-zinjafr‎; az-zunjufr		 زِنْجَفْر‎; زُنْجُفْر
zinjafr‎; zunjufr
Nominative زِنْجَفْرٌ‎; زُنْجُفْرٌ
zinjafrun‎; zunjufrun		 الزِّنْجَفْرُ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرُ
az-zinjafru‎; az-zunjufru		 زِنْجَفْرُ‎; زُنْجُفْرُ
zinjafru‎; zunjufru
Accusative زِنْجَفْرًا‎; زُنْجُفْرًا
zinjafran‎; zunjufran		 الزِّنْجَفْرَ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرَ
az-zinjafra‎; az-zunjufra		 زِنْجَفْرَ‎; زُنْجُفْرَ
zinjafra‎; zunjufra
Genitive زِنْجَفْرٍ‎; زُنْجُفْرٍ
zinjafrin‎; zunjufrin		 الزِّنْجَفْرِ‎; الزُّنْجُفْرِ
az-zinjafri‎; az-zunjufri		 زِنْجَفْرِ‎; زُنْجُفْرِ
zinjafri‎; zunjufri

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: zincəfr, zincəfirə
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زنجفر (zencefr), زنجفره (zencefre)
    • Turkish: zencefre, zincifre
    • → Armenian: զինճիֆր (zinčifr), զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)
  • → Old Armenian: զինջուփր (zinǰupʻr)
  • → Middle Armenian: զնճուֆր (znčufr), զինճֆր (zinčfr), զնճֆր (znčfr)

References
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زنجفر”, 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 257
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زنجفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1257
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زنجفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • زنجفره (zencefre)

Etymology

From Arabic زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr).

Noun

زنجفر • (zencefr)

  1. cinnabar
  2. vermilion

Descendants
  • Turkish: zencefre, zincifre
  • → Armenian: զինճիֆր (zinčifr), զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)

Further reading
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