عناب
Arabic
Etymology
From their likeness to عِنَب (ʕinab, “grapes”) in the native root ع ن ب (ʕ n b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʕun.naːb/
Noun
عُنَّاب • (ʕunnāb) m (collective, singulative عُنَّابَة f (ʕunnāba))
- jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام [yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʔaḥmad ibn al-ʕawwām], edited by José Antonio Banqueri, كتاب الفلاحة [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802IA, Cap. 30, Art. 8, page 429:
- وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأرز وتقلع الحناء.
- In this ripen the peach, the pomegranate, and the quince, and some olives become black, and the common whitebeam and the oak and the chestnut become good, and the walnuts open, and it is the best time to gather them, and in it pines and jujubes are harvested, and in it asparagus appears, and one begins to till and sow after the rain in some regions, and one collects caraway and jeera and green beans and leopard’s bane and basil seeds and coriander and rice and pulls the henna.
Declension
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عُنَّاب ʕunnāb |
الْعُنَّاب al-ʕunnāb |
عُنَّاب ʕunnāb |
| nominative | عُنَّابٌ ʕunnābun |
الْعُنَّابُ al-ʕunnābu |
عُنَّابُ ʕunnābu |
| accusative | عُنَّابًا ʕunnāban |
الْعُنَّابَ al-ʕunnāba |
عُنَّابَ ʕunnāba |
| genitive | عُنَّابٍ ʕunnābin |
الْعُنَّابِ al-ʕunnābi |
عُنَّابِ ʕunnābi |
| singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عُنَّابَة ʕunnāba |
الْعُنَّابَة al-ʕunnāba |
عُنَّابَة ʕunnābat |
| nominative | عُنَّابَةٌ ʕunnābatun |
الْعُنَّابَةُ al-ʕunnābatu |
عُنَّابَةُ ʕunnābatu |
| accusative | عُنَّابَةً ʕunnābatan |
الْعُنَّابَةَ al-ʕunnābata |
عُنَّابَةَ ʕunnābata |
| genitive | عُنَّابَةٍ ʕunnābatin |
الْعُنَّابَةِ al-ʕunnābati |
عُنَّابَةِ ʕunnābati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عُنَّابَتَيْن ʕunnābatayn |
الْعُنَّابَتَيْن al-ʕunnābatayn |
عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay |
| nominative | عُنَّابَتَانِ ʕunnābatāni |
الْعُنَّابَتَانِ al-ʕunnābatāni |
عُنَّابَتَا ʕunnābatā |
| accusative | عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni |
الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni |
عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay |
| genitive | عُنَّابَتَيْنِ ʕunnābatayni |
الْعُنَّابَتَيْنِ al-ʕunnābatayni |
عُنَّابَتَيْ ʕunnābatay |
| paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt |
الْعُنَّابَات al-ʕunnābāt |
عُنَّابَات ʕunnābāt |
| nominative | عُنَّابَاتٌ ʕunnābātun |
الْعُنَّابَاتُ al-ʕunnābātu |
عُنَّابَاتُ ʕunnābātu |
| accusative | عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin |
الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti |
عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti |
| genitive | عُنَّابَاتٍ ʕunnābātin |
الْعُنَّابَاتِ al-ʕunnābāti |
عُنَّابَاتِ ʕunnābāti |
Descendants
- → Armenian: ՙուննաբ (ʻunnab) (Diyarbakir)
- → Azerbaijani: innab
- → Udi: инаб (inab)
- → Georgian: უნაბი (unabi), ურნაბი (urnabi), ორნაბი (ornabi) — dialectal
- → Bats: უნაბ (unab)
- → Russian: уна́би (unábi)
- → Gujarati: ઉન્નાબ (unnāb)
- → Middle Armenian: յունապ (yunap), յուննապ (yunnap), ունապ (unap)
- Armenian: ունաբ (unab)
- → Ottoman Turkish: عناب (ʼunnâb)
- Turkish: hünnap
- → Armenian: հո̈ւննաբ (hünnab) (Constantinople)
- → Persian: عناب ('onnâb)
- → Uyghur: ئۇنناپ (unnap)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb, “jujube”).
Noun
عناب • (ʼunnâb) (definite accusative عنابی (ʼunnâbı), plural عنابلر (ʼunnâblar))
Derived terms
- عناب آغاجی (ʼunnâb ağacı, “jujube tree”)
- عنابی (ʼunnâbî, “pertaining to the jujube”)
- عنابیه (ʼunnâbiye, “Rhamnaceae”)
Descendants
- Turkish: hünnap
- → Armenian: հո̈ւննաբ (hünnab) (Constantinople)
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hünnap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2020
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “unnâb”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1348
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عناب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 861
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Zizyphum”, 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[3], Vienna, column 1804
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “عناب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 3334
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hünnap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عناب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1323
Persian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic عُنَّاب (ʕunnāb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔun.ˈnaːb/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔʊn.nɑ́ːb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔon.nɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔun.nɔ́b]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | unnāb |
| Dari reading? | unnāb |
| Iranian reading? | onnâb |
| Tajik reading? | unnob |
Noun
| Dari | عناب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | унноб |
عناب • ('onnâb, 'anâb)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic عَنَّاب (ʕannāb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ʔan.ˈnaːb/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔän.nɑ́ːb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæn.nɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔän.nɔ́b]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | annāb |
| Dari reading? | annāb |
| Iranian reading? | annâb |
| Tajik reading? | annob |
Noun
عناب • ('annâb)