أقحوان

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قُحْوَان (quḥwān)

Etymology

Unknown, likely a lost Aramaic word that was borrowed comparatively early into Arabic, perhaps related to Jewish Palestinian Aramaic קוחא and Classical Syriac ܩܘܚܐ (qūḥā, “stalk; petiole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuq.ħu.waːn/

Noun

أُقْحُوَان • (ʔuqḥuwān) m (collective, singulative أُقْحُوَانَة f (ʔuqḥuwāna), plural أَقَاحٍ (ʔaqāḥin) or أَقَاحِيّ (ʔaqāḥiyy))

1. a name for various tubuliflorous composites of ligulate flower heads
   1. Chrysanthemum in a wide sense also including species otherwise sorted under Glebionis, Coleostephus
   2. Anthemis, Matricaria, Chamaemelum spp.

      Synonym: بَابُونَج (bābūnaj)

   3. Bellis spp.

      Synonym: زَهْر اللُؤْلُؤ (zahr al-luʔluʔ)

   4. (obsolete) Helichrysum spp.

      Synonym: ذَهَب الشَمْس (ḏahab aš-šams)

   5. (obsolete) Aster, Tripolium, Galatella spp.

Declension

Declension of noun أُقْحُوَان (ʔuqḥuwān)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُقْحُوَان ʔuqḥuwān	الْأُقْحُوَان al-ʔuqḥuwān	أُقْحُوَان ʔuqḥuwān
Nominative	أُقْحُوَانٌ ʔuqḥuwānun	الْأُقْحُوَانُ al-ʔuqḥuwānu	أُقْحُوَانُ ʔuqḥuwānu
Accusative	أُقْحُوَانًا ʔuqḥuwānan	الْأُقْحُوَانَ al-ʔuqḥuwāna	أُقْحُوَانَ ʔuqḥuwāna
Genitive	أُقْحُوَانٍ ʔuqḥuwānin	الْأُقْحُوَانِ al-ʔuqḥuwāni	أُقْحُوَانِ ʔuqḥuwāni
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُقْحُوَانَة ʔuqḥuwāna	الْأُقْحُوَانَة al-ʔuqḥuwāna	أُقْحُوَانَة ʔuqḥuwānat
Nominative	أُقْحُوَانَةٌ ʔuqḥuwānatun	الْأُقْحُوَانَةُ al-ʔuqḥuwānatu	أُقْحُوَانَةُ ʔuqḥuwānatu
Accusative	أُقْحُوَانَةً ʔuqḥuwānatan	الْأُقْحُوَانَةَ al-ʔuqḥuwānata	أُقْحُوَانَةَ ʔuqḥuwānata
Genitive	أُقْحُوَانَةٍ ʔuqḥuwānatin	الْأُقْحُوَانَةِ al-ʔuqḥuwānati	أُقْحُوَانَةِ ʔuqḥuwānati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْن ʔuqḥuwānatayn	الْأُقْحُوَانَتَيْن al-ʔuqḥuwānatayn	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْ ʔuqḥuwānatay
Nominative	أُقْحُوَانَتَانِ ʔuqḥuwānatāni	الْأُقْحُوَانَتَانِ al-ʔuqḥuwānatāni	أُقْحُوَانَتَا ʔuqḥuwānatā
Accusative	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْنِ ʔuqḥuwānatayni	الْأُقْحُوَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔuqḥuwānatayni	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْ ʔuqḥuwānatay
Genitive	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْنِ ʔuqḥuwānatayni	الْأُقْحُوَانَتَيْنِ al-ʔuqḥuwānatayni	أُقْحُوَانَتَيْ ʔuqḥuwānatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أُقْحُوَانَات ʔuqḥuwānāt	الْأُقْحُوَانَات al-ʔuqḥuwānāt	أُقْحُوَانَات ʔuqḥuwānāt
Nominative	أُقْحُوَانَاتٌ ʔuqḥuwānātun	الْأُقْحُوَانَاتُ al-ʔuqḥuwānātu	أُقْحُوَانَاتُ ʔuqḥuwānātu
Accusative	أُقْحُوَانَاتٍ ʔuqḥuwānātin	الْأُقْحُوَانَاتِ al-ʔuqḥuwānāti	أُقْحُوَانَاتِ ʔuqḥuwānāti
Genitive	أُقْحُوَانَاتٍ ʔuqḥuwānātin	الْأُقْحُوَانَاتِ al-ʔuqḥuwānāti	أُقْحُوَانَاتِ ʔuqḥuwānāti
Plural of variety	broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَقَاحِي ʔaqāḥī	الْأَقَاحِي al-ʔaqāḥī	أَقَاحِي ʔaqāḥī
Nominative	أَقَاحٍ‎; أَقَاحِيُّ ʔaqāḥin‎; ʔaqāḥiyyu	الْأَقَاحِي‎; الْأَقَاحِيُّ al-ʔaqāḥī‎; al-ʔaqāḥiyyu	أَقَاحِي‎; أَقَاحِيُّ ʔaqāḥī‎; ʔaqāḥiyyu
Accusative	أَقَاحِيَ‎; أَقَاحِيَّ ʔaqāḥiya‎; ʔaqāḥiyya	الْأَقَاحِيَ‎; الْأَقَاحِيَّ al-ʔaqāḥiya‎; al-ʔaqāḥiyya	أَقَاحِيَ‎; أَقَاحِيَّ ʔaqāḥiya‎; ʔaqāḥiyya
Genitive	أَقَاحٍ‎; أَقَاحِيَّ ʔaqāḥin‎; ʔaqāḥiyya	الْأَقَاحِي‎; الْأَقَاحِيِّ al-ʔaqāḥī‎; al-ʔaqāḥiyyi	أَقَاحِي‎; أَقَاحِيِّ ʔaqāḥī‎; ʔaqāḥiyyi

Derived terms

• رَأَى أَقَاحِيَ ٱلْأَمْرِ (raʔā ʔaqāḥiya l-ʔamri)

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1005
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “أقحوان”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 403
• “qwḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–