أنجدان
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أَنْجُذَان (ʔanjuḏān) — archaic
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian انگدان (angodân), from Proto-Iranian *Hanguǰatu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔan.d͡ʒu.daːn/
Noun
أَنْجُدَان • (ʔanjudān) m
- Ferula species that produce asafoetida, such as F. foetida and F. assa-foetida
- 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae], Rome: Stamperia Orientale Medicea, published 1593, Liber 2, page 174:
- قال ديسقوريدوس في كتابه ان الحلتيث صمغ الانجدان و ذكر بان يشرط اصله وساقه ثم بعد الشرط يسيل منه الحلتيث […]
- Dioscurides said in his book that hing is the resin of the Ferula assa-foetida and he notified that its stem and its foot is slit and then, after the slitting, the hing flows from it. […]
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَنْجُدَان ʔanjudān |
الْأَنْجُدَان al-ʔanjudān |
أَنْجُدَان ʔanjudān |
| nominative | أَنْجُدَانٌ ʔanjudānun |
الْأَنْجُدَانُ al-ʔanjudānu |
أَنْجُدَانُ ʔanjudānu |
| accusative | أَنْجُدَانًا ʔanjudānan |
الْأَنْجُدَانَ al-ʔanjudāna |
أَنْجُدَانَ ʔanjudāna |
| genitive | أَنْجُدَانٍ ʔanjudānin |
الْأَنْجُدَانِ al-ʔanjudāni |
أَنْجُدَانِ ʔanjudāni |
Descendants
- → Middle Armenian: անճուտան (ančutan), անճիտան (ančitan)
- → Old Catalan: alanjoden
- → Persian: انجدان (anjodân)