ياقوت

See also: یاقوت

Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos), possibly via Sogdian [script needed] (yγwth /⁠yaγūt⁠/, “ruby”).

Noun

يَاقُوت • (yāqūt) m (plural يَوَاقِيت (yawāqīt))

1. ruby
2. sapphire

Declension

Declension of noun يَاقُوت (yāqūt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَاقُوت yāqūt	الْيَاقُوت al-yāqūt	يَاقُوت yāqūt
Nominative	يَاقُوتٌ yāqūtun	الْيَاقُوتُ al-yāqūtu	يَاقُوتُ yāqūtu
Accusative	يَاقُوتًا yāqūtan	الْيَاقُوتَ al-yāqūta	يَاقُوتَ yāqūta
Genitive	يَاقُوتٍ yāqūtin	الْيَاقُوتِ al-yāqūti	يَاقُوتِ yāqūti
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَاقُوتَيْن yāqūtayn	الْيَاقُوتَيْن al-yāqūtayn	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
Nominative	يَاقُوتَانِ yāqūtāni	الْيَاقُوتَانِ al-yāqūtāni	يَاقُوتَا yāqūtā
Accusative	يَاقُوتَيْنِ yāqūtayni	الْيَاقُوتَيْنِ al-yāqūtayni	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
Genitive	يَاقُوتَيْنِ yāqūtayni	الْيَاقُوتَيْنِ al-yāqūtayni	يَاقُوتَيْ yāqūtay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	يَوَاقِيت yawāqīt	الْيَوَاقِيت al-yawāqīt	يَوَاقِيت yawāqīt
Nominative	يَوَاقِيتُ yawāqītu	الْيَوَاقِيتُ al-yawāqītu	يَوَاقِيتُ yawāqītu
Accusative	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta	الْيَوَاقِيتَ al-yawāqīta	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta
Genitive	يَوَاقِيتَ yawāqīta	الْيَوَاقِيتِ al-yawāqīti	يَوَاقِيتِ yawāqīti

Descendants

• → Afar: yaagút
• → Bengali: ইয়াকুত (iẏakut), এয়াকুত (eẏakut)
• → Swahili: yakuti
• → Northern Kurdish: yaqût
• → Middle Armenian: եաղութ (eaġutʻ)
• → Persian: یاقوت (yâqut)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: یاقوت (yakut)
    • Turkish: yakut
    • → Albanian: jakut
    • → Romanian: iacut
    • → Serbo-Croatian: jàkut／ја̀кут
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: याक़ूत (yāqūt)

    Urdu: یَاقُوت (yāqūt)

  • → Uyghur: ياقۇت (yaqut)
  • → Uzbek: yoqut

References

• Gharib, B. (1995) “yγwth”, in Sogdian dictionary: Sogdian–Persian–English, Tehran: Farhangan Publications, page 446b