دهنج

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian *dahanag (Classical Persian دهنه (dahana)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dah.nad͡ʒ/

Noun

دَهْنَج • (dahnaj) m

1. malachite

Declension

Declension of noun دَهْنَج (dahnaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَهْنَج dahnaj	الدَّهْنَج ad-dahnaj	دَهْنَج dahnaj
Nominative	دَهْنَجٌ dahnajun	الدَّهْنَجُ ad-dahnaju	دَهْنَجُ dahnaju
Accusative	دَهْنَجًا dahnajan	الدَّهْنَجَ ad-dahnaja	دَهْنَجَ dahnaja
Genitive	دَهْنَجٍ dahnajin	الدَّهْنَجِ ad-dahnaji	دَهْنَجِ dahnaji

Further reading

• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 133

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دهنج (dahnaj, “malachite”).

Noun

دهنج • (dehnec)

1. (mineralogy) malachite, a bright green mineral and one of the principal ores of copper.

   Synonym: باقر طاشی (bakır taşı)

Further reading

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Molochites”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[1], Vienna, column 1072
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دهنج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2204
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دهنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 931