بابونج

Arabic

بَابُونَج

Etymology

From Persian بابونه (bâbune).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baː.buː.nad͡ʒ/

Noun

بَابُونَج • (bābūnaj) m

1. camomile (Matricaria gen., Anthemis gen. and Chamaemelum gen.)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: բաբունիճ (babunič), բաբունաճ (babunač), պապունաճ (papunač), պապունէճ (papunēč), պապունիճ (papunič)
• → Ottoman Turkish: بابونج (babunec, babunc)
  • Turkish: babunç, babıneç

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 375–378
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بابونج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 61

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَابُونَج (bābūnaj, “camomile”).

Noun

بابونج • (babunec or babunc) (definite accusative بابونجی (babuneci, babuncu), plural بابونجلر (babunecler, babunclar))

1. camomile, any composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples, especially Chamaemelum nobile and Matricaria recutita

   Synonym: پاپادیا (papadya)

Descendants

• Turkish: babunç, babıneç

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “babunç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 414
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “بابونج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[3], Vienna: F. Beck, page 98a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بابونج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4], Constantinople: Mihran, page 231
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Chamæmelum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[5], Vienna, column 174
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “بابونج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 625
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بابونج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 314