زبرجد
Arabic
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Etymology
From Classical Syriac ܙܡܪܓܕܐ (zəmargaḏā, zəmarraḡdā), from earlier ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ (ʾezmarraḡdā), from Ancient Greek σμᾰ́ραγδος (smáragdos).
Pronunciation
Noun
زَبَرْجَد • (zabarjad) m
Declension
Declension of noun زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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
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