جرجير

Arabic

جِرْجِير (Eruca sativa)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic גַּרְגִּירָא / ܓܲܪܓܝܼܪܵܐ (gargīrā, “rocket”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁶𒄀𒊒 (/⁠girgirû⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒir.d͡ʒiːr/

Noun

جِرْجِير • (jirjīr) m

1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun جِرْجِير (jirjīr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جِرْجِير jirjīr	الْجِرْجِير al-jirjīr	جِرْجِير jirjīr
Nominative	جِرْجِيرٌ jirjīrun	الْجِرْجِيرُ al-jirjīru	جِرْجِيرُ jirjīru
Accusative	جِرْجِيرًا jirjīran	الْجِرْجِيرَ al-jirjīra	جِرْجِيرَ jirjīra
Genitive	جِرْجِيرٍ jirjīrin	الْجِرْجِيرِ al-jirjīri	جِرْجِيرِ jirjīri

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–493
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 302
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, pages 298a–b
• Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 56

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Hijazi Arabic

جَرْجير

Etymology

From Arabic جِرْجِير (jirjīr), from Aramaic גַּרְגִּירָא / ܓܲܪܓܝܼܪܵܐ (gargīrā, “rocket”), from Akkadian 𒂊𒁶𒄀𒊒 (/⁠girgirû⁠/)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒarˈd͡ʒiːr/

Noun

جَرْجِير • (jarjīr) m pl

1. arugula, rocket (Eruca gen. et spp.)