بابونج

Arabic

Etymology

From Persian بابونه (bâbune).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.buː.nad͡ʒ/

Noun

بَابُونَج • (bābūnajm

  1. camomile (Matricaria gen., Anthemis gen. and Chamaemelum gen.)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: բաբունիճ (babunič), բաբունաճ (babunač), պապունաճ (papunač), պապունէճ (papunēč), պապունիճ (papunič)
  • Ottoman Turkish: بابونج (babunec, babunc)
    • Turkish: babunç, babıneç

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 375–378
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “بابونج”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 61

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بَابُونَج (bābūnaj, camomile).

Noun

بابونج • (babunec or babunc) (definite accusative بابونجی (babuneci, babuncu), plural بابونجلر (babunecler, babunclar))

  1. camomile, any composite plant with a fragrance reminiscent of apples, especially Chamaemelum nobile and Matricaria recutita
    Synonym: پاپادیا (papadya)

Descendants

  • Turkish: babunç, babıneç

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