عناب

Arabic

عُنَّاب

Etymology

From their likeness to عِنَب (ʕinab, “grapes”) in the native root ع ن ب (ʕ-n-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕun.naːb/

Noun

عُنَّاب • (ʕunnāb) m (collective, singulative عُنَّابَة f (ʕunnāba))

1. jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
   • 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 عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّاب ʕunnāb	الْعُنَّاب al-ʕunnāb	عُنَّاب ʕunnāb
Nominative	عُنَّابٌ ʕunnābun	الْعُنَّابُ al-ʕunnābu	عُنَّابُ ʕunnābu
Accusative	عُنَّابًا ʕunnāban	الْعُنَّابَ al-ʕunnāba	عُنَّابَ ʕunnāba
Genitive	عُنَّابٍ ʕunnābin	الْعُنَّابِ al-ʕunnābi	عُنَّابِ ʕunnābi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَة ʕunnāba	الْعُنَّابَة al-ʕunnāba	عُنَّابَة ʕunnābat
Nominative	عُنَّابَةٌ ʕunnābatun	الْعُنَّابَةُ al-ʕunnābatu	عُنَّابَةُ ʕunnābatu
Accusative	عُنَّابَةً ʕunnābatan	الْعُنَّابَةَ al-ʕunnābata	عُنَّابَةَ ʕunnābata
Genitive	عُنَّابَةٍ ʕunnābatin	الْعُنَّابَةِ al-ʕunnābati	عُنَّابَةِ ʕunnābati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَتَيْن ʕunnābatayn	الْعُنَّابَتَيْن al-ʕunnābatayn	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Nominative	عُنَّابَتَانِ ʕunnābatāni	الْعُنَّابَتَانِ al-ʕunnābatāni	عُنَّابَتَا ʕunnābatā
Accusative	عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni	الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Genitive	عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni	الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni	عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt	الْعُنَّابَات al-ʕunnābāt	عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt
Nominative	عُنَّابَاتٌ ʕunnābātun	الْعُنَّابَاتُ al-ʕunnābātu	عُنَّابَاتُ ʕunnābātu
Accusative	عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin	الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti	عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti
Genitive	عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin	الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti	عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti

Descendants

• → Armenian: ՙուննաբ (ʻunnab) (Diyarbakir)
• → Azerbaijani: innab
  • → Udi: инаб (inab)
• → Georgian: უნაბი (unabi), ურნაბი (urnabi), ორნაბი (ornabi)
  • → Bats: უნაბ (unab)
  • → Russian: уна́би (unábi)
• → Gujarati: ઉન્નાબ (unnāb)
• → Middle Armenian: յունապ (yunap), յուննապ (yunnap), ունապ (unap)
  • Armenian: ունաբ (unab)
• → Ottoman Turkish: عناب (ʿunnab)
  • Turkish: hünnap
  • → Armenian: հո̈ւննաբ (hünnab) (Constantinople)
• → Persian: عناب ('onnâb)
• → Uyghur: ئۇنناپ (unnap)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, “jujube”).

Noun

عناب • (ʿunnab)

1. jujube, the sweet and edible fruits of several trees in the genus Zizyphus

   Synonym: ایگده (iğde)

Derived terms

• عناب آغاجی (ʿunnab ağacı, “jujube tree”)
• عنابی (ʿunnabı, “pertaining to the jujube”)
• عنابیه (ʿunnabıye, “Rhamnaceae”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: hünnap
• → Armenian: հո̈ւննաբ (hünnab) (Constantinople)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hünnap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2020
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 861
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Zizyphum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 1804
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عناب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 3334
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hünnap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1323

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔun.ˈnɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔʊn.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔun.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔon.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔun.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	unnāḇ
Dari reading?	unnāb
Iranian reading?	onnâb
Tajik reading?	unnob

Noun

Dari	عناب
Iranian Persian
Tajik	унноб

عناب • ('onnâb, 'anâb)

1. jujube

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عَنَّاب (ʕannāb).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔan.ˈnɑːβ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.nɑ́ːb]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔän.nɑ́ːb]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔän.nɔ́ːb̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæn.nɒ́ːb̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔän.nɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading?	annāḇ
Dari reading?	annāb
Iranian reading?	annâb
Tajik reading?	annob

Noun

عناب • ('annâb)

1. grape-seller