زبرجد

Arabic
زَبَرْجَد

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܡܪܓܕܐ (zəmargaḏā, zəmarraḡdā), from earlier ܐܙܡܪܓܕܐ (ʾezmarraḡdā), from Ancient Greek σμᾰ́ραγδος (smáragdos). Doublet of زُمُرُّد (zumurrud).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /za.bar.d͡ʒad/

Noun

زَبَرْجَد • (zabarjad) m

  1. chrysolite, olivine, peridot
  2. aquamarine

Declension
Declension of noun زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زَبَرْجَد
zabarjad		 الزَّبَرْجَد
az-zabarjad		 زَبَرْجَد
zabarjad
Nominative زَبَرْجَدٌ
zabarjadun		 الزَّبَرْجَدُ
az-zabarjadu		 زَبَرْجَدُ
zabarjadu
Accusative زَبَرْجَدًا
zabarjadan		 الزَّبَرْجَدَ
az-zabarjada		 زَبَرْجَدَ
zabarjada
Genitive زَبَرْجَدٍ
zabarjadin		 الزَّبَرْجَدِ
az-zabarjadi		 زَبَرْجَدِ
zabarjadi

Descendants
  • → Persian: زبرجد (zebarjad)

See also

References
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 5–6
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 61
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زبرجد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 222
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