ترخون
See also: ترجون
Arabic
Verb
ترخون (form I)
- تَرُخُّونَ (taruḵḵūna) /ta.rux.xuː.na/: second-person masculine plural non-past active indicative of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)
- تُرَخُّونَ (turaḵḵūna) /tu.rax.xuː.na/: second-person masculine plural non-past passive indicative of رَخَّ (raḵḵa)
Persian
Alternative forms
- ترخان (tarxân)
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “edder-wort”). Or from another Iranian language and derived from the cognate to Persian تلخ (talx, “bitter”), compare Dari ترخ, طرخ (tarx, terx), ترخه, طرخه (tarxa, terxa, “any Artemisia”), Pashto ترخه f (tarxa, terxa, “any Artemisia”), homonymic to the feminine of تریخ (trix, “bitter”).
Noun
ترخون • (tarxun)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: թարխուն (tʻarxun)