زیتون

See also: زيتون

Ottoman Turkish

زیتونلر

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, olive).

Noun

زیتون • (zeytun, zeytin)

  1. olive, the small oval fruit of the olive tree

Derived terms

  • زیتون آغاجی (zeytun ağacı, olive tree)
  • زیتونجی (zeytinci, grower or seller of olives)
  • زیتونلق (zeytunluk, olive grove)
  • زیتونی (zeytuni, olive-green)
  • زیت (zeyt, olive oil)
  • زیتار (zeytar, lees or dregs of oil)

Descendants

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [zäj.t̪ʰúːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [zäj.t̪ʰúːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [zäj.t̪ʰún]

Readings
Classical reading? zaytūn
Dari reading? zaytūn
Iranian reading? zeytun
Tajik reading? zaytun

Noun

Dari زیتون
Iranian Persian
Tajik зайтун

زیتون • (zeytun)

  1. olive

Derived terms

  • زیت (zeyt)
  • زیتار (zeytâr)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn) (through Classical Persian زیتون (zaytūn)).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /zɛː.t̪uːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn
  • Hyphenation: زَے‧تُون

Noun

زَیتُون • (zaitūn) m (Hindi spelling ज़ैतून)

  1. olive

Declension

Declension of زیتون
singular plural
direct زیتون (zaitūn) زیتون (zaitūn)
oblique زیتون (zaitūn) زیتونوں (zaitūnō̃)
vocative زیتون (zaitūn) زیتونو (zaitūnō)

References

  • زیتون”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • زیتون”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “زیتون”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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