بنجنكشت
Arabic
editAlternative forms
edit- فَنْجَنْكُشْت (fanjankušt), بَنْجَكُشْت (banjakušt), فَنْجَكُشْت (fanjakušt)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Persian پنجانگشت (panj-angošt, “chaste tree”, literally “five-finger”), so named because of the leaves ordered in groups of five. So this plant in Ancient Greek πεντάφυλλον (pentáphullon) and in Arabic ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editبَنْجَنْكُشْت or بَنْجَنْكَشْت • (banjankušt or banjankašt) m
- chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
- Synonyms: حَبّ الْفَقْد (ḥabb al-faqd), سَرْسَاد (sarsād), ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 29, Art. 12, page 365:
Declension
editDeclension of noun بَنْجَنْكُشْت (banjankušt); بَنْجَنْكَشْت (banjankašt)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | بَنْجَنْكُشْت; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt; banjankašt |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْت; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْت al-banjankušt; al-banjankašt |
بَنْجَنْكُشْت; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt; banjankašt |
Nominative | بَنْجَنْكُشْتٌ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٌ banjankuštun; banjankaštun |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتُ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتُ al-banjankuštu; al-banjankaštu |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتُ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتُ banjankuštu; banjankaštu |
Accusative | بَنْجَنْكُشْتًا; بَنْجَنْكَشْتًا banjankuštan; banjankaštan |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتَ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتَ al-banjankušta; al-banjankašta |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتَ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتَ banjankušta; banjankašta |
Genitive | بَنْجَنْكُشْتٍ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٍ banjankuštin; banjankaštin |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتِ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتِ al-banjankušti; al-banjankašti |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتِ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتِ banjankušti; banjankašti |
References
edit- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–494
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 375–376