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^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 619
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زيزفون”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 541