زفزف

Arabic

زِفْزِف

Alternative forms

• زُفْزُوف (zufzūf)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܽܘܙܦܴܐ (zūzp̄ā), from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Also directly as زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zif.zif/

Noun

زِفْزِف • (zifzif) m

1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

   Synonym: عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)

   • 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 1, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 7, Art. 13, page 263:

     وَمَا وَجْهُ ٱلْعَمَلِ فِي غِرَاسَةِ ٱلْعُنَّابِ وَهُوَ ٱلنَّبَقُ وَهُوَ ٱلزِفْزِفُ

     wamā wajhu l-ʕamali fī ḡirāsati l-ʕunnābi wahuwa n-nabaqu wahuwa z-zifzifu

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Declension

Declension of noun زِفْزِف (zifzif)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زِفْزِف zifzif	الزِّفْزِف az-zifzif	زِفْزِف zifzif
Nominative	زِفْزِفٌ zifzifun	الزِّفْزِفُ az-zifzifu	زِفْزِفُ zifzifu
Accusative	زِفْزِفًا zifzifan	الزِّفْزِفَ az-zifzifa	زِفْزِفَ zifzifa
Genitive	زِفْزِفٍ zifzifin	الزِّفْزِفِ az-zifzifi	زِفْزِفِ zifzifi

Derived terms

• زُفَيْزَف (zufayzaf, diminutive)

References

• “zwzp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زفزف”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 595
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “زفزف”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 243
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[3] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 283–289
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 138–141