جرجير
Arabic
جِرْجِير (Eruca sativa)
Etymology
Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּירָא / ܓܲܪܓܝܼܪܵܐ (gargīrā, “rocket”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁶𒄀𒊒 (/girgirû/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒiːr/
Noun
جِرْجِير • (jirjīr) m
- arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)
- watercress
Declension
Declension of noun جِرْجِير (jirjīr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | جِرْجِير jirjīr | الْجِرْجِير al-jirjīr | جِرْجِير jirjīr |
| Nominative | جِرْجِيرٌ jirjīrun | الْجِرْجِيرُ al-jirjīru | جِرْجِيرُ jirjīru |
| Accusative | جِرْجِيرًا jirjīran | الْجِرْجِيرَ al-jirjīra | جِرْجِيرَ jirjīra |
| Genitive | جِرْجِيرٍ jirjīrin | الْجِرْجِيرِ al-jirjīri | جِرْجِيرِ jirjīri |
References
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–493
- Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 302
- Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 298a–b
- Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56
Hijazi Arabic
جَرْجير
Etymology
From Arabic جِرْجِير (jirjīr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒarˈd͡ʒiːr/
Noun
جرجير • (jarjīr) m
- arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)