زيزفون

See also: زیزفون‎

Arabic

زَيْزَفُون (Ziziphus jujuba)

زَيْزَفُون (Tilia cordata)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon). Doublet of زِفْزِف‎ (zifzif) and زُفَيْزَف‎ (zufayzaf, “jujube”). The meaning of oleaster is also encountered in Modern Greek τζιτζιφιά (tzitzifiá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaj.za.fuːn/

Noun

زَيْزَفُون • (zayzafūn) m

1. jujube tree (Ziziphus jujuba)

   Synonyms: عُنَّاب‎ (ʕunnāb), زِفْزِف‎ (zifzif), زُفَيْزَف‎ (zufayzaf)

2. linden, lime tree (Tilia spp.)
3. oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia and other species)

   Synonym: خِلَاف‎ (ḵilāf)

Declension

Declension of noun زَيْزَفُون (zayzafūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَيْزَفُون zayzafūn	الزَّيْزَفُون‎ az-zayzafūn	زَيْزَفُون zayzafūn
Nominative	زَيْزَفُونٌ zayzafūnun	الزَّيْزَفُونُ‎ az-zayzafūnu	زَيْزَفُونُ zayzafūnu
Accusative	زَيْزَفُونًا‎ zayzafūnan	الزَّيْزَفُونَ‎ az-zayzafūna	زَيْزَفُونَ zayzafūna
Genitive	زَيْزَفُونٍ zayzafūnin	الزَّيْزَفُونِ‎ az-zayzafūni	زَيْزَفُونِ zayzafūni

Descendants

• → Persian: زیزفون‎ (zizofun)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “زيزفون”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 619
• Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “زيزفون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 541