زرقون

Arabic

Alternative forms

• زَرْجُون (zarjūn), إِسْرِقُون (ʔisriqūn)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zargōn) (Persian زرگون (zargun, literally “gold-colored”)), from Ancient Greek Συρικόν (Surikón, “red lead”, literally “Syrian”) (also found as Latin Syricum), syn. σάνδυξ (sándux). إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj) is the same word. See Συρία (Suría), however also see *jr̥Hanyam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zar.quːn/

Noun

زَرْقُون • (zarqūn) m

1. red lead, minium

   Synonyms: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), أَحْمَر الرَصَاص (ʔaḥmar ar-raṣāṣ)

2. zircon, a red gemstone

Declension

Declension of noun زَرْقُون (zarqūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَرْقُون zarqūn	الزَّرْقُون az-zarqūn	زَرْقُون zarqūn
Nominative	زَرْقُونٌ zarqūnun	الزَّرْقُونُ az-zarqūnu	زَرْقُونُ zarqūnu
Accusative	زَرْقُونًا zarqūnan	الزَّرْقُونَ az-zarqūna	زَرْقُونَ zarqūna
Genitive	زَرْقُونٍ zarqūnin	الزَّرْقُونِ az-zarqūni	زَرْقُونِ zarqūni

Descendants

• → Aragonese: azercol
• → Catalan: atzarcó, atzercó
• → German: Zirkon
  • → Belarusian: цырко́н (cyrkón)
  • → Bulgarian: циркон (cirkon)
  • → Catalan: zircó
  • → Czech: zirkon
  • → Danish: zirkon
  • → English: zircon
  • → Estonian: tsirkoon
  • → French: zircon
  • → Finnish: zirkoni
  • → Hungarian: cirkon
  • → Italian: zircone
  • → Japanese: ジルコン (jirukon)
  • → Lithuanian: cirkonas
  • → Macedonian: циркон (cirkon)
  • → Polish: cyrkon
  • → Portuguese: zircão
  • → Romanian: zircon
  • → Russian: цирко́н (cirkón)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: цѝрко̄н

    Latin script: cìrkōn

  • → Slovak: zirkón
  • → Slovene: cirkon
  • → Spanish: circón
  • → Swedish: zirkon
  • → Tagalog: sirkon
  • → Ukrainian: цирко́н (cyrkón)
• → Italian: giargone
  • → French: jargon
    • → Catalan: jargó
    • → English: jargoon
    • → German: Jargon
    • → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
    • → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: жаргон

      Latin script: žargon, jargon

    • → Spanish: jergón
• → Spanish: azarcón
• → Portuguese: zarcāo, azarcāo