سفرجل

Arabic

Etymology

Compare Aramaic אספרגלא / Classical Syriac ܐܣܦܪܓܠܐ (ʾespargəlā), Hebrew אִסְפַּרְגֵּל (ʾispargēl), Akkadian 𒄑𒄒𒆳𒊏 (/⁠supurgillu⁠/, quince), Old Armenian and Armenian սերկեւիլ (serkewil). All possibly from Hurrian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.far.d͡ʒal/

Noun

سَفَرْجَل • (safarjal) m (collective, singulative سَفَرْجَلَة f (safarjala), plural سَفَارِج (safārij))

  1. quince

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Fischer, August (1914) “Die Quitte als Vorzeichen bei Persern und Arabern und das Traumbuch des ʿAbd al-Ṛani an-Nābulusī”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 68, pages 275–325
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 242–244
  • Siddiqi, Abdussattar (1919) Studien über die Persischen Fremdwörter im klassischen Arabisch (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 64

Moroccan Arabic

Alternative forms

  • شفرجل (šfarjal)

Etymology

From Arabic سَفَرْجَل (safarjal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfar.ʒal/

Noun

سفرجل • (sfarjal) m (collective, singulative سفرجلة f (sfarjla), plural سفرجلات (sfarjlāt))

  1. quince
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