طاجن
Arabic
طَاجِن
Alternative forms
- طِيجَن (ṭījan), طَيْجَن (ṭayjan)
Etymology
From earlier طِيجَن (ṭījan), طَيْجَن (ṭayjan), from Aramaic טֵיגְנָא / ܛܐܓܢܐ, ܛܓܢܐ (ṭēgnā, “frying pan”), from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tˤaː.d͡ʒin/
Noun
طَاجِن • (ṭājin) m (plural طَوَاجِن (ṭawājin))
- tajine
Declension
Declension of noun طَاجِن (ṭājin)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | طَاجِن ṭājin | الطَّاجِن aṭ-ṭājin | طَاجِن ṭājin |
| Nominative | طَاجِنٌ ṭājinun | الطَّاجِنُ aṭ-ṭājinu | طَاجِنُ ṭājinu |
| Accusative | طَاجِنًا ṭājinan | الطَّاجِنَ aṭ-ṭājina | طَاجِنَ ṭājina |
| Genitive | طَاجِنٍ ṭājinin | الطَّاجِنِ aṭ-ṭājini | طَاجِنِ ṭājini |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | طَاجِنَيْن ṭājinayn | الطَّاجِنَيْن aṭ-ṭājinayn | طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay |
| Nominative | طَاجِنَانِ ṭājināni | الطَّاجِنَانِ aṭ-ṭājināni | طَاجِنَا ṭājinā |
| Accusative | طَاجِنَيْنِ ṭājinayni | الطَّاجِنَيْنِ aṭ-ṭājinayni | طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay |
| Genitive | طَاجِنَيْنِ ṭājinayni | الطَّاجِنَيْنِ aṭ-ṭājinayni | طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | طَوَاجِن ṭawājin | الطَّوَاجِن aṭ-ṭawājin | طَوَاجِن ṭawājin |
| Nominative | طَوَاجِنُ ṭawājinu | الطَّوَاجِنُ aṭ-ṭawājinu | طَوَاجِنُ ṭawājinu |
| Accusative | طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina | الطَّوَاجِنَ aṭ-ṭawājina | طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina |
| Genitive | طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina | الطَّوَاجِنِ aṭ-ṭawājini | طَوَاجِنِ ṭawājini |
Derived terms
- مُطَجَّن (muṭajjan, “tajine-prepared meat”)
Descendants
- Andalusian Arabic: طجين (ṭajīn), طاجين (ṭājīn), طاجن (ṭājin, ṭājan)
- Maltese: taġen
- Moroccan Arabic: طجين (ṭajīn), طاجين (ṭājīn)
- → English: tajine
- → French: tagine
- → Portuguese: tagine
- → Spanish: tajín, tayín
References
- Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 802
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 69