دهنج
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian *dahanag (Classical Persian دهنه (dahana)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dah.nad͡ʒ/
Noun
دَهْنَج • (dahnaj) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَهْنَج dahnaj |
الدَّهْنَج ad-dahnaj |
دَهْنَج dahnaj |
| nominative | دَهْنَجٌ dahnajun |
الدَّهْنَجُ ad-dahnaju |
دَهْنَجُ dahnaju |
| accusative | دَهْنَجًا dahnajan |
الدَّهْنَجَ ad-dahnaja |
دَهْنَجَ dahnaja |
| genitive | دَهْنَجٍ dahnajin |
الدَّهْنَجِ ad-dahnaji |
دَهْنَجِ dahnaji |
Further reading
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 133
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian دهنج (dahnaj, “malachite”).
Noun
دهنج • (dehnec)
- (mineralogy) malachite, a bright green mineral and one of the principal ores of copper.
- Synonym: باقر طاشی (bakır taşı)
Further reading
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Molochites”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[1], Vienna, column 1072
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دهنج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[2], Vienna, column 2204
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دهنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 931