ترخون

See also: ترجون

Arabic

Verb

ترخون (form I)

1. تَرُخُّونَ (taruḵḵūna) /ta.rux.xuː.na/: second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)
2. تُرَخُّونَ (turaḵḵūna) /tu.rax.xuː.na/: second-person masculine plural non-past passive indicative of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)

Persian

Alternative forms

• ترخان (tarxân)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “edder-wort”). Or from another Iranian language and derived from the cognate to Persian تلخ (talx, “bitter”), compare Dari ترخ, طرخ (tarx, terx), ترخه, طرخه (tarxa, terxa, “any Artemisia”), Pashto ترخه f (tarxa, terxa, “any Artemisia”), homonymic to the feminine of تریخ (trix, “bitter”).

Noun

ترخون • (tarxun)

1. tarragon

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: թարխուն (tʻarxun)