زنجفر
Arabic
Alternative forms
- سِنْجَفْر / سُنْجُفْر (sinjafr / sunjufr), زِنْجَرْف / زُنْجُرُف (zinjarf / zunjuruf), سِنْجَرْف (sinjarf)
Etymology
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Noun
زِنْجَفْر or زُنْجُفْر • (zinjafr or zunjufr) m
- cinnabar
- vermilion
Declension
Declension of noun زِنْجَفْر (zinjafr); زُنْجُفْر (zunjufr)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | زِنْجَفْر; زُنْجُفْر zinjafr; zunjufr | الزِّنْجَفْر; الزُّنْجُفْر az-zinjafr; az-zunjufr | زِنْجَفْر; زُنْجُفْر zinjafr; zunjufr |
| Nominative | زِنْجَفْرٌ; زُنْجُفْرٌ zinjafrun; zunjufrun | الزِّنْجَفْرُ; الزُّنْجُفْرُ az-zinjafru; az-zunjufru | زِنْجَفْرُ; زُنْجُفْرُ zinjafru; zunjufru |
| Accusative | زِنْجَفْرًا; زُنْجُفْرًا zinjafran; zunjufran | الزِّنْجَفْرَ; الزُّنْجُفْرَ az-zinjafra; az-zunjufra | زِنْجَفْرَ; زُنْجُفْرَ zinjafra; zunjufra |
| Genitive | زِنْجَفْرٍ; زُنْجُفْرٍ zinjafrin; zunjufrin | الزِّنْجَفْرِ; الزُّنْجُفْرِ az-zinjafri; az-zunjufri | زِنْجَفْرِ; زُنْجُفْرِ zinjafri; zunjufri |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: zincəfr, zincəfirə
- → Ottoman Turkish: زنجفر (zencefr), زنجفره (zencefre)
- Turkish: zencefre, zincifre
- → Armenian: զինճիֆր (zinčifr), զինճիֆրա (zinčifra)
- → Old Armenian: զինջուփր (zinǰupʿr)
- → Middle Armenian: զնճուֆր (znčufr), զինճֆր (zinčfr), զնճֆր (znčfr)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “زنجفر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “زنجفر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1257
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زنجفر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 531