فرفحين

Arabic

فَرْفَحِين

Alternative forms

• فَرْفَخِين (farfaḵīn), فَرْفَح (farfaḥ), فَرْفَخ (farfaḵ)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic פרפחינה / פרפחינא / ܦܪܦܚܝܢܐ (/⁠parpəḥīnā⁠/, “purslane”), from Akkadian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI /⁠parpaḫu, papparḫu⁠/), from Sumerian 𒌓𒄭 (BABBAR.ḪI). These are of the same origin: Persian پرپرم (parparam), پرپهن (parpahan), Northern Kurdish pirpar, pêrpîne, Middle Armenian փրփրեմ (pʻrpʻrem), Georgian ფარფინა (parpina).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /far.fa.ħiːn/

Noun

فَرْفَحِين • (farfaḥīn) m

1. purslane (Portulaca gen. et spp.); especially the common purslane or pursley (Portulaca oleracea)

   Synonyms: رِجْل (rijl), بَقْل (baql), بَرْبِير (barbīr)

2. (nonstandard) Bacopa monnieri

Declension

Declension of noun فَرْفَحِين (farfaḥīn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْفَحِين farfaḥīn	الْفَرْفَحِين al-farfaḥīn	فَرْفَحِين farfaḥīn
Nominative	فَرْفَحِينٌ farfaḥīnun	الْفَرْفَحِينُ al-farfaḥīnu	فَرْفَحِينُ farfaḥīnu
Accusative	فَرْفَحِينًا farfaḥīnan	الْفَرْفَحِينَ al-farfaḥīna	فَرْفَحِينَ farfaḥīna
Genitive	فَرْفَحِينٍ farfaḥīnin	الْفَرْفَحِينِ al-farfaḥīni	فَرْفَحِينِ farfaḥīni

References

• “papparḫu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], volume 12, P, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 2005, pages 109–110
• “prpḥyn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “فَرْفَحِين and فَرْفَحِي”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 143
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فَرْفَحِينٌ / فَرْفَخٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 339
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “فَرْفَخٌ”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2383
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 70–75
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[6] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 320–322
• Steinschneider, Moritz (1898) “Heilmittelnamen der Araber”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎^[7], volume 12, page 226