طرخون
Arabic
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “edder-wort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
طَرْخُون • (ṭarḵūn) m
- tarragon, estragon (Artemisia dracunculus, growing plant and processed form)
- 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 182:
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 30, Art. 14, page 388:
- الثمرا هي من أنواع الشبرم وفي كتاب ابن سينا الشبرم ينبت في البساتين له قصب دقيق مستو ذو زغب وورق كورق الطرخون فيما أفدر وله لين
- The ṯamrā is a type of spurge and in Avicenna’s book the spurge grows in gardens and has tender and even sticks of down and leaves like the leaves of tarragon but larger and it is supple.
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Declension
Declension of noun طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | طَرْخُون ṭarḵūn |
الطَّرْخُون aṭ-ṭarḵūn |
طَرْخُون ṭarḵūn |
| Nominative | طَرْخُونٌ ṭarḵūnun |
الطَّرْخُونُ aṭ-ṭarḵūnu |
طَرْخُونُ ṭarḵūnu |
| Accusative | طَرْخُونًا ṭarḵūnan |
الطَّرْخُونَ aṭ-ṭarḵūna |
طَرْخُونَ ṭarḵūna |
| Genitive | طَرْخُونٍ ṭarḵūnin |
الطَّرْخُونِ aṭ-ṭarḵūni |
طَرْخُونِ ṭarḵūni |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1835), “طرخون”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 47
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