درونج

Arabic

دَرَوْنَج

Etymology

From the Middle Persian antecedent of Classical Persian درونه (darōna).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.raw.nad͡ʒ/ or IPA^(key): /da.raw.nid͡ʒ/

Noun

دَرَوْنَج or دَرَوْنِج • (darawnaj or darawnij) f

1. leopardsbane (Doronicum spp.)
   • 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 1802^IA, Cap. 30, Art. 8, page 429:

     وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأرز وتقلع الحناء.

     In this ripen the peach, the pomegranate, and the quince, and some olives become black, and the common whitebeam and the oak and the chestnut become good, and the walnuts open, and it is the best time to gather them, and in it pines and jujubes are harvested, and in it asparagus appears, and one begins to till and sow after the rain in some regions, and one collects caraway and jeera and green beans and leopard’s bane and basil seeds and coriander and rice and pulls the henna.

Declension

Declension of noun دَرَوْنَج (darawnaj)‎; دَرَوْنِج (darawnij)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرَوْنَج‎; دَرَوْنِج darawnaj‎; darawnij	الدَّرَوْنَج‎; الدَّرَوْنِج ad-darawnaj‎; ad-darawnij	دَرَوْنَج‎; دَرَوْنِج darawnaj‎; darawnij
Nominative	دَرَوْنَجٌ‎; دَرَوْنِجٌ darawnajun‎; darawnijun	الدَّرَوْنَجُ‎; الدَّرَوْنِجُ ad-darawnaju‎; ad-darawniju	دَرَوْنَجُ‎; دَرَوْنِجُ darawnaju‎; darawniju
Accusative	دَرَوْنَجًا‎; دَرَوْنِجًا darawnajan‎; darawnijan	الدَّرَوْنَجَ‎; الدَّرَوْنِجَ ad-darawnaja‎; ad-darawnija	دَرَوْنَجَ‎; دَرَوْنِجَ darawnaja‎; darawnija
Genitive	دَرَوْنَجٍ‎; دَرَوْنِجٍ darawnajin‎; darawnijin	الدَّرَوْنَجِ‎; الدَّرَوْنِجِ ad-darawnaji‎; ad-darawniji	دَرَوْنَجِ‎; دَرَوْنِجِ darawnaji‎; darawniji

References

• Corriente, F. (1997) A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 178
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “درونج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 438