رنف

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Unknown, perhaps univerbation of رَيًّا (rayyan, aroma) or رَوَاء (rawāʔ, aroma) from the root ر و ي (r-w-y) or a different element with أَنْف (ʔanf, nose).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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رَنْف or رَنَف (ranf or ranafm

  1. Delonix elata (syn. Caesalpinia elata, Poinciana elata)
  2. by extension, the whole genus Delonix and any species thereunder

Declension

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References

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  • 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 562, where it has the glosses Salix balchia (an unresolvable species name mainly occurring in Orientalist literature) and Clematis flammula instead