Arabic

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عُنَّاب
 عناب on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

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From their likeness to عِنَب (ʕinab, grapes) in the native root ع ن ب (ʕ-n-b).

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Noun

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عُنَّاب (ʕunnābm (collective, singulative عُنَّابَة f (ʕunnāba))

  1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
    • 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 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 30, Art. 8, page 429:
      وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأرز وتقلع الحناء.
      In this ripen the peach, the pomegranate, and the quince, and some olives become black, and the common whitebeam and the oak and the chestnut become good, and the walnuts open, and it is the best time to gather them, and in it pines and jujubes are harvested, and in it asparagus appears, and one begins to till and sow after the rain in some regions, and one collects caraway and jeera and green beans and leopard’s bane and basil seeds and coriander and rice and pulls the henna.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, jujube).

Noun

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عناب (ʼunnâb) (definite accusative عنابی (ʼunnâbı), plural عنابلر (ʼunnâblar))

  1. jujube, the sweet and edible fruits of several trees in the genus Zizyphus
    Synonym: ایكده (iğde)

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Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb).

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Readings
Classical reading? unnāḇ
Dari reading? unnāb
Iranian reading? onnâb
Tajik reading? unnob

Noun

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Dari عناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik унноб

عناب ('onnâb, 'anâb)

  1. jujube

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَنَّاب (ʕannāb).

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Readings
Classical reading? annāḇ
Dari reading? annāb
Iranian reading? annâb
Tajik reading? annob

Noun

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عناب ('annâb)

  1. grape-seller