طاجن

Arabic

طَاجِن

Alternative forms

• طِيجَن (ṭījan), طَيْجَن (ṭayjan)

Etymology

From earlier طِيجَن (ṭījan), طَيْجَن (ṭayjan), from Aramaic טֵיגְנָא / ܛܐܓܢܐ, ܛܓܢܐ (ṭēgnā, “frying pan”), from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaː.d͡ʒin/

Noun

طَاجِن • (ṭājin) m (plural طَوَاجِن (ṭawājin))

1. tajine

Declension

Declension of noun طَاجِن (ṭājin)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طَاجِن ṭājin	الطَّاجِن aṭ-ṭājin	طَاجِن ṭājin
nominative	طَاجِنٌ ṭājinun	الطَّاجِنُ aṭ-ṭājinu	طَاجِنُ ṭājinu
accusative	طَاجِنًا ṭājinan	الطَّاجِنَ aṭ-ṭājina	طَاجِنَ ṭājina
genitive	طَاجِنٍ ṭājinin	الطَّاجِنِ aṭ-ṭājini	طَاجِنِ ṭājini
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طَاجِنَيْن ṭājinayn	الطَّاجِنَيْن aṭ-ṭājinayn	طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay
nominative	طَاجِنَانِ ṭājināni	الطَّاجِنَانِ aṭ-ṭājināni	طَاجِنَا ṭājinā
accusative	طَاجِنَيْنِ ṭājinayni	الطَّاجِنَيْنِ aṭ-ṭājinayni	طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay
genitive	طَاجِنَيْنِ ṭājinayni	الطَّاجِنَيْنِ aṭ-ṭājinayni	طَاجِنَيْ ṭājinay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	طَوَاجِن ṭawājin	الطَّوَاجِن aṭ-ṭawājin	طَوَاجِن ṭawājin
nominative	طَوَاجِنُ ṭawājinu	الطَّوَاجِنُ aṭ-ṭawājinu	طَوَاجِنُ ṭawājinu
accusative	طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina	الطَّوَاجِنَ aṭ-ṭawājina	طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina
genitive	طَوَاجِنَ ṭawājina	الطَّوَاجِنِ aṭ-ṭawājini	طَوَاجِنِ ṭawājini

Derived terms

• مُطَجَّن (muṭajjan, “tajine-prepared meat”)

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: طجين (ṭajīn), طاجين (ṭājīn), طاجن (ṭājin, ṭājan)
• Maltese: taġen
• Moroccan Arabic: طجين (ṭajīn), طاجين (ṭājīn)
  • → English: tajine
  • → French: tagine
  • → Portuguese: tagine
  • → Spanish: tajín, tayín
  • → Tashelhit: ṭṭajin

References

• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 802
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 69
• S̲h̲er, Addaï (1908), كتاب الالفاظ الفارسية المعرَّبة (in Arabic), Bayrūt: المطبعة الكاثوليكية للاباء اليسوعيين, page 111