زرقون

Arabic

Alternative forms

• زَرْجُون (zarjūn), إِسْرِقُون (ʔisriqūn)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zlgʿn /⁠zargōn⁠/) (Persian زرگون (zargun, literally “gold-colored”)), from Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam (“gold”). Doublet of إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zar.quːn/

Noun

زَرْقُون • (zarqūn) m

1. red lead, minium

   Synonyms: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), أَحْمَر الرَصَاص (ʔaḥmar ar-raṣāṣ)

2. zircon, a red gemstone

Declension

Declension of noun زَرْقُون (zarqūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَرْقُون zarqūn	الزَّرْقُون az-zarqūn	زَرْقُون zarqūn
Nominative	زَرْقُونٌ zarqūnun	الزَّرْقُونُ az-zarqūnu	زَرْقُونُ zarqūnu
Accusative	زَرْقُونًا zarqūnan	الزَّرْقُونَ az-zarqūna	زَرْقُونَ zarqūna
Genitive	زَرْقُونٍ zarqūnin	الزَّرْقُونِ az-zarqūni	زَرْقُونِ zarqūni

Descendants

• → Aragonese: azercol
• → Catalan: atzarcó, atzercó
• → German: Zirkon (see there for further descendants)
• → Ancient Greek: συρικόν (surikón)
  • → Arabic: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), سِرِنْج (sirinj), أُسْرُنْج (ʔusrunj)
    • → Persian: اسرنج
• → Italian: giargone
  • → French: jargon
    • → Catalan: jargó
    • → English: jargoon
    • → German: Jargon
    • → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
    • → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: жаргон

      Latin script: žargon, jargon

    • → Spanish: jergón
• → Spanish: azarcón
• → Portuguese: zarcāo, azarcāo