بنجنكشت
Arabic
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Alternative forms
[edit]- فَنْجَنْكُشْت (fanjankušt), بَنْجَكُشْت (banjakušt), فَنْجَكُشْت (fanjakušt)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Persian پنجانگشت (panj-angošt, “chaste tree”, literally “five-finger”), so named because of the leaves ordered in groups of five. So this plant in Ancient Greek πεντάφυλλον (pentáphullon) and in Arabic ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]بَنْجَنْكُشْت or بَنْجَنْكَشْت • (banjankušt or banjankašt) m
- chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
- Synonyms: حَبّ الْفَقْد (ḥabb al-faqd), سَرْسَاد (sarsād), ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ)
- 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. 29, Art. 12, page 365:
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun بَنْجَنْكُشْت (banjankušt); بَنْجَنْكَشْت (banjankašt)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | بَنْجَنْكُشْت; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt; banjankašt |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْت; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْت al-banjankušt; al-banjankašt |
بَنْجَنْكُشْت; بَنْجَنْكَشْت banjankušt; banjankašt |
| Nominative | بَنْجَنْكُشْتٌ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٌ banjankuštun; banjankaštun |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتُ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتُ al-banjankuštu; al-banjankaštu |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتُ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتُ banjankuštu; banjankaštu |
| Accusative | بَنْجَنْكُشْتًا; بَنْجَنْكَشْتًا banjankuštan; banjankaštan |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتَ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتَ al-banjankušta; al-banjankašta |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتَ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتَ banjankušta; banjankašta |
| Genitive | بَنْجَنْكُشْتٍ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتٍ banjankuštin; banjankaštin |
الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتِ; الْبَنْجَنْكَشْتِ al-banjankušti; al-banjankašti |
بَنْجَنْكُشْتِ; بَنْجَنْكَشْتِ banjankušti; banjankašti |
References
[edit]- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
- Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–494
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[4] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 375–376