زرقون

Arabic

Alternative forms

• زَرْجُون (zarjūn), إِسْرِقُون (ʔisriqūn)

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭦𐭫𐭢𐭥𐭭 (zargōn) (Persian زرگون (zargun)), from Ancient Greek Συρικόν (Surikón, “red lead”, literally “Syrian”) (also found as Latin Syricum), syn. σάνδυξ (sándux). إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj) is the same word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zar.quːn/

Noun

زَرْقُون • (zarqūn) m

1. red lead, minium

   Synonyms: إِسْرِنْج (ʔisrinj), أَحْمَر الرَصَاص (ʔaḥmar ar-raṣāṣ)

2. zircon, a red gemstone

Declension

Declension of noun زَرْقُون (zarqūn)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَرْقُون zarqūn	الزَّرْقُون az-zarqūn	زَرْقُون zarqūn
Nominative	زَرْقُونٌ zarqūnun	الزَّرْقُونُ az-zarqūnu	زَرْقُونُ zarqūnu
Accusative	زَرْقُونًا zarqūnan	الزَّرْقُونَ az-zarqūna	زَرْقُونَ zarqūna
Genitive	زَرْقُونٍ zarqūnin	الزَّرْقُونِ az-zarqūni	زَرْقُونِ zarqūni

Descendants

• → Aragonese: azercol
• → Catalan: atzarcó, atzercó
• → German: Zirkon
  • → Belarusian: цырко́н (cyrkón)
  • → Bulgarian: циркон (cirkon)
  • → Catalan: zircó
  • → Czech: zirkon
  • → Danish: zirkon
  • → English: zircon
  • → Estonian: tsirkoon
  • → French: zircon
  • → Finnish: zirkoni
  • → Hungarian: cirkon
  • → Italian: zircone
  • → Japanese: ジルコン (jirukon)
  • → Lithuanian: cirkonas
  • → Macedonian: циркон (cirkon)
  • → Polish: cyrkon
  • → Portuguese: zircão
  • → Romanian: zircon
  • → Russian: цирко́н (cirkón)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: цѝрко̄н

    Latin script: cìrkōn

  • → Slovak: zirkón
  • → Slovene: cirkon
  • → Spanish: circón
  • → Swedish: zirkon
  • → Tagalog: sirkon
  • → Ukrainian: цирко́н (cyrkón)
• → Italian: giargone
  • → French: jargon
    • → Catalan: jargó
    • → English: jargoon
    • → German: Jargon
    • → Greek: γιαρκόν (giarkón)
    • → Russian: жарго́н (žargón)
    • → Serbo-Croatian:

      Cyrillic script: жаргон

      Latin script: žargon, jargon

    • → Spanish: jergón
• → Spanish: azarcón
• → Portuguese: zarcāo, azarcāo