ترنجان

Arabic

تُرُنْجَان – Melissa officinalis

Alternative forms

• تُرُنْجِين (turunjīn), تُرُنْجِيل (turunjīl) — al-Andalus
• حَبَق تُرُنْجَانِيّ (ḥabaq turunjāniyy), حَبَق تُرُنْجِيّ (ḥabaq turunjiyy)

Etymology

تُرُْنْج (turunj, “citron”) +‎ ـَان (-ān) because it resembles the citron olfactorily and texturally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.run.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

تُرُنْجَان • (turunjān) m

1. lemon balm (Melissa gen. et spp.)

   Synonym: بَاذَرُوج (bāḏarūj)

Declension

Declension of noun تُرُنْجَان (turunjān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	تُرُنْجَان turunjān	التُّرُنْجَان at-turunjān	تُرُنْجَان turunjān
nominative	تُرُنْجَانٌ turunjānun	التُّرُنْجَانُ at-turunjānu	تُرُنْجَانُ turunjānu
accusative	تُرُنْجَانًا turunjānan	التُّرُنْجَانَ at-turunjāna	تُرُنْجَانَ turunjāna
genitive	تُرُنْجَانٍ turunjānin	التُّرُنْجَانِ at-turunjāni	تُرُنْجَانِ turunjāni

Derived terms

• تُرُنْجَانِيَّة (turunjāniyya, “a dish of mutton and lemon-balm”)
• تُرُنْجَان بَرِّيّ (turunjān barriyy) and تُرُنْجَان صِينِيّ (turunjān ṣīniyy, “Lamium flexuosum”)
• تُرُنْجَان جَبَلِيّ (turunjān jabaliyy, “Origanum dictamnus”)
• تُرُنْجَان السَوَاقِي (turunjān as-sawāqī, “Mentha suaveolens”)
• تُرُنْجَان الثَعْلَب (turunjān aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “Calotropis procera”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: tarongina, torongina
• → Spanish: toronjina, toronjil