ياقوت

See also: یاقوت

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos), possibly via Sogdian [script needed] (yγwth /⁠yaγūt⁠/, “ruby”).

Noun

يَاقُوت • (yāqūt) m (plural يَوَاقِيت (yawāqīt))

1. ruby
2. sapphire

Declension

Declension of noun يَاقُوت (yāqūt)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَاقُوت yāqūt	الْيَاقُوت al-yāqūt	يَاقُوت yāqūt
nominative	يَاقُوتٌ yāqūtun	الْيَاقُوتُ al-yāqūtu	يَاقُوتُ yāqūtu
accusative	يَاقُوتًا yāqūtan	الْيَاقُوتَ al-yāqūta	يَاقُوتَ yāqūta
genitive	يَاقُوتٍ yāqūtin	الْيَاقُوتِ al-yāqūti	يَاقُوتِ yāqūti
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَاقُوتَيْن yāqūtayn	الْيَاقُوتَيْن al-yāqūtayn	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
nominative	يَاقُوتَانِ yāqūtāni	الْيَاقُوتَانِ al-yāqūtāni	يَاقُوتَا yāqūtā
accusative	يَاقُوتَيْنِ yāqūtayni	الْيَاقُوتَيْنِ al-yāqūtayni	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
genitive	يَاقُوتَيْنِ yāqūtayni	الْيَاقُوتَيْنِ al-yāqūtayni	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	يَوَاقِيت yawāqīt	الْيَوَاقِيت al-yawāqīt	يَوَاقِيت yawāqīt
nominative	يَوَاقِيتُ yawāqītu	الْيَوَاقِيتُ al-yawāqītu	يَوَاقِيتُ yawāqītu
accusative	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta	الْيَوَاقِيتَ al-yawāqīta	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta
genitive	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta	الْيَوَاقِيتِ al-yawāqīti	يَوَاقِيتِ yawāqīti

Descendants

• → Afar: yaagút
• → Bengali: ইয়াকুত (iẏakut), এয়াকুত (eẏakut)
• → Swahili: yakuti
• → Northern Kurdish: yaqût
• → Middle Armenian: եաղութ (eaġutʻ)
• → Persian: یاقوت (yâqut) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “yγwth”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 446b