نانخة

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic נָנְחָא / ܢܳܢܚܳܐ (nānḥā, toothpickweed), from Akkadian 𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠naniḫu⁠/, toothpickweed), which is the same Hurrian word as reflected in نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ, mint).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naː.na.xa/

Noun

نَانَخَة • (nānaḵa) f

  1. toothpickweed (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga plant and product)
    Synonyms: خِلَّة بَلَدِيَّة (ḵilla baladiyya), (rare) خُشَيْزَك (ḵušayzak), (rare) صَقْلِين (ṣaqlīn), كَمُّون حَبَشِيّ (kammūn ḥabašiyy), (obsolete, Morocco) فُلَيْفِلَة (fulayfila), كَمُّون كِرْمَانِيّ (kammūn kirmāniyy), كَمُّون الْمُلُك (kammūn al-muluk)
    Hypernym: خِلَّة (ḵilla)
  2. ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi, syn. Ammi copticum) plant and product)

Declension

Descendants

  • Persian: نانخواه (nânaxvâh), نانخه (nānaxa), نانوخیة (nānūxiya), نغنخواد (nağnaxvād) (the first form prevails now)

References

  • حدید نھى, بومرداس ریم (2018) مساهمة ﻓﻲ دراﺳﺔ اﻟﻔﻌﺎﻟﯿﺔ اﻟﺒﯿﻮﻟﻮﺟﯿﺔ ﻟﻨﺒﺎت اﻟﺨﻠﺔ البلدي في مرحلتين من الحياة الإزهار والإثمار (in Arabic), جامعة العربي بن مھیدي –أم البواقي–, page 9
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