زيزفون

See also: زیزفون

Arabic
زَيْزَفُون (Ziziphus jujuba)
زَيْزَفُون (Tilia cordata)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of زِفْزِف (zifzif) and زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf, “jujube”). The meaning of oleaster is also encountered in Modern Greek τζιτζιφιά (tzitzifiá).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zaj.za.fuːn/

Noun

زَيْزَفُون • (zayzafūn) m

  1. jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)
    Synonyms: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb), زِفْزِف (zifzif), زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf)
  2. linden, lime tree (Tilia spp.)
  3. oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia and other species)
    Synonym: خِلَاف (ḵilāf)

Declension
Declension of noun زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زَيْزَفُون
zayzafūn		 الزَّيْزَفُون
az-zayzafūn		 زَيْزَفُون
zayzafūn
Nominative زَيْزَفُونٌ
zayzafūnun		 الزَّيْزَفُونُ
az-zayzafūnu		 زَيْزَفُونُ
zayzafūnu
Accusative زَيْزَفُونًا
zayzafūnan		 الزَّيْزَفُونَ
az-zayzafūna		 زَيْزَفُونَ
zayzafūna
Genitive زَيْزَفُونٍ
zayzafūnin		 الزَّيْزَفُونِ
az-zayzafūni		 زَيْزَفُونِ
zayzafūni

Descendants
  • → Persian: زیزفون (zizofun)

References
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زيزفون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 619
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زيزفون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 541
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