زبرجد

Arabic

زَبَرْجَد

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܡܪܓܕܐ (zəmargaḏā, zəmarraḡdā), from earlier ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ (ʾezmarraḡdā), from Ancient Greek σμᾰ́ραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of زُمُرُّد (zumurrud).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /za.bar.d͡ʒad/

Noun

زَبَرْجَد • (zabarjad) m

1. chrysolite, olivine, peridot
2. aquamarine

Declension

Declension of noun زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَبَرْجَد zabarjad	الزَّبَرْجَد az-zabarjad	زَبَرْجَد zabarjad
Nominative	زَبَرْجَدٌ zabarjadun	الزَّبَرْجَدُ az-zabarjadu	زَبَرْجَدُ zabarjadu
Accusative	زَبَرْجَدًا zabarjadan	الزَّبَرْجَدَ az-zabarjada	زَبَرْجَدَ zabarjada
Genitive	زَبَرْجَدٍ zabarjadin	الزَّبَرْجَدِ az-zabarjadi	زَبَرْجَدِ zabarjadi

Descendants

• → Persian: زبرجد (zebarjad)

See also

• زُمُرُّد (zumurrud, “emerald”)

References

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 5–6
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 61
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “زبرجد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 222