زعفران

Arabic

Etymology

A borrowing, akin to Persian جعفری (ja'fari, “parsley”)

Noun

زَعْفَرَان • (zaʕfarān) m

1. saffron

Declension

Declension of noun زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	زَعْفَرَان zaʕfarān	الزَّعْفَرَان az-zaʕfarān	زَعْفَرَان zaʕfarān
Nominative	زَعْفَرَانٌ zaʕfarānun	الزَّعْفَرَانُ az-zaʕfarānu	زَعْفَرَانُ zaʕfarānu
Accusative	زَعْفَرَانًا zaʕfarānan	الزَّعْفَرَانَ az-zaʕfarāna	زَعْفَرَانَ zaʕfarāna
Genitive	زَعْفَرَانٍ zaʕfarānin	الزَّعْفَرَانِ az-zaʕfarāni	زَعْفَرَانِ zaʕfarāni

Descendants

• Maltese: żagħfran
• → Persian: زعفران (zaʻferân)
  • → Azerbaijani: zəfəran
  • → Bengali: জাফরান (japhoran)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: ज़ाफ़रान (zāfrān)

    Urdu: زعفران (zāfrān)

  • → Sindhi: زعفران

References

• Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

Noun

زعفران • (za'ferân)

1. saffron

Derived terms

• زعفرانی (za'ferâni, “saffrony”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zəfəran
• → Bengali: জাফরান (japhoran)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ज़ाफ़रान (zāfrān)

  Urdu: زعفران (zāfrān)

• → Sindhi: زعفران

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian زعفران (za'frān), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān).

Noun

زعفران • (zāfrān) f (Hindi spelling ज़ाफ़रान)

1. saffron