نانخة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• نَانَخَاة (nānaḵāh), نَانَخْواة (nānaḵwāh), نَانَخْوَة (nānaḵwa), نَخْوَة (naḵwa) — archaic
• نَانُوخَة (nānūḵa), نَانُوخِيَة (nānūḵiya) — rare

Etymology

From Aramaic נָנְחָא / ܢܳܢܚܳܐ (nānḥā, “toothpickweed”), from Akkadian 𒈾𒉌𒄷 (/⁠naniḫu⁠/, “toothpickweed”), which is the same Hurrian word as reflected in نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ, “mint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː.na.xa/

Noun

نَانَخَة • (nānaḵa) f

1. toothpickweed (Visnaga daucoides syn. Ammi visnaga plant and product)

   Synonyms: خِلَّة بَلَدِيَّة (ḵilla baladiyya), (rare) خُشَيْزَك (ḵušayzak), (rare) صَقْلِين (ṣaqlīn), كَمُّون حَبَشِيّ (kammūn ḥabašiyy), (obsolete, Morocco) فُلَيْفِلَة (fulayfila), كَمُّون كِرْمَانِيّ (kammūn kirmāniyy), كَمُّون الْمُلُك (kammūn al-muluk)

   Hypernym: خِلَّة (ḵilla)

2. ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi, syn. Ammi copticum) plant and product)

Declension

Declension of noun نَانَخَة (nānaḵa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَانَخَة nānaḵa	النَّانَخَة an-nānaḵa	نَانَخَة nānaḵat
Nominative	نَانَخَةٌ nānaḵatun	النَّانَخَةُ an-nānaḵatu	نَانَخَةُ nānaḵatu
Accusative	نَانَخَةً nānaḵatan	النَّانَخَةَ an-nānaḵata	نَانَخَةَ nānaḵata
Genitive	نَانَخَةٍ nānaḵatin	النَّانَخَةِ an-nānaḵati	نَانَخَةِ nānaḵati

Descendants

• → Persian: نانخواه (nânaxvâh), نانخه (nānaxa), نانوخیة (nānūxiya), نغنخواد (nağnaxvād) (the first form prevails now)

References

• حدید نھى, بومرداس ریم (2018) مساهمة ﻓﻲ دراﺳﺔ اﻟﻔﻌﺎﻟﯿﺔ اﻟﺒﯿﻮﻟﻮﺟﯿﺔ ﻟﻨﺒﺎت اﻟﺨﻠﺔ البلدي في مرحلتين من الحياة الإزهار والإثمار‎^[1] (in Arabic), جامعة العربي بن مھیدي –أم البواقي–, page 9