أنجدان

Arabic

أَنْجُدَان (​Ferula foetida)

Alternative forms

• أَنْجُذَان (ʔanjuḏān) — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian انگدان (angodân), from Proto-Iranian *Hanguǰatu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔan.d͡ʒu.daːn/

Noun

أَنْجُدَان • (ʔanjudān) m

1. Ferula species that produce asafoetida, such as F. foetida and F. assa-foetida
   • 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب‎ [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 174:

     قال ديسقوريدوس في كتابه ان الحلتيث صمغ الانجدان و ذكر بان يشرط اصله وساقه ثم بعد الشرط يسيل منه الحلتيث […]

     Dioscurides said in his book that hing is the resin of the Ferula assa-foetida and he notified that its stem and its foot is slit and then, after the slitting, the hing flows from it. […]

Declension

Declension of noun أَنْجُدَان (ʔanjudān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَنْجُدَان ʔanjudān	الْأَنْجُدَان al-ʔanjudān	أَنْجُدَان ʔanjudān
Nominative	أَنْجُدَانٌ ʔanjudānun	الْأَنْجُدَانُ al-ʔanjudānu	أَنْجُدَانُ ʔanjudānu
Accusative	أَنْجُدَانًا ʔanjudānan	الْأَنْجُدَانَ al-ʔanjudāna	أَنْجُدَانَ ʔanjudāna
Genitive	أَنْجُدَانٍ ʔanjudānin	الْأَنْجُدَانِ al-ʔanjudāni	أَنْجُدَانِ ʔanjudāni

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: անճուտան (ančutan), անճիտան (ančitan)
• → Old Catalan: alanjoden
• → Persian: انجدان (anjodân)