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دارچین (darçın) (definite accusative دارچینی (darçını), plural دارچینلار (darçınlar))

  1. Arabic spelling of darçın (cinnamon)

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دارچین (darçîn)

  1. cinnamon

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دارچین

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Borrowed from Persian دارچین (dârčin, cinnamon), from Middle Persian *dār-i-čēnīk (literally Chinese tree).

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دارچین (darçın, tarçın)

  1. cinnamon, a spice from the dried bark of several trees of the genus Cinnamomum

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From Middle Persian *dār-i-čēnīk (literally Chinese tree), ultimately a combination of Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v, tree) + Sanskrit चीन (cīna, China) + -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k, adjectival suffix, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas). Note also from the same source are Jewish Babylonian Aramaic דַּרְצִינִי (darṣīnī, cinnamon), Classical Syriac ܕܪܨܝܢܝ (dārṣīnī), ܨܝܢܕܪܓ (ṣīndreḡ, cinnamon) and Old Armenian դարիճենիկ (daričenik, cinnamon).

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دارچین (dârčin)

  1. cinnamon

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դարիճենիկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 638b
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 137