نعناع

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hurrian, as are Aramaic / Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ, “mint”), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux, “mint”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕ.naːʕ/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /niʕ.naːʕ/, [nɪʕ.naːʕ]

Noun

نَعْنَاع • (naʕnāʕ) m

  1. mint

Declension

Declension of noun نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal نَعْنَاع
naʕnāʕ 		النَّعْنَاع
an-naʕnāʕ 		نَعْنَاع
naʕnāʕ
nominative نَعْنَاعٌ
naʕnāʕun 		النَّعْنَاعُ
an-naʕnāʕu 		نَعْنَاعُ
naʕnāʕu
accusative نَعْنَاعًا
naʕnāʕan 		النَّعْنَاعَ
an-naʕnāʕa 		نَعْنَاعَ
naʕnāʕa
genitive نَعْنَاعٍ
naʕnāʕin 		النَّعْنَاعِ
an-naʕnāʕi 		نَعْنَاعِ
naʕnāʕi

Derived terms

  • نعناع فلفلي (naʕnāʕ filfiliyy, “peppermint”)
  • نعناع مدبب (naʕnāʕ mudabbab, “spearmint”)
  • نعناع مائي (naʕnāʕ māʔiyy, “watermint”)

Descendants

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naʕ.naːʕ/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

نعناع • (naʕnāʕ) m

  1. mint
    Synonym: ليقامة (līqāma)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? na'nā'
Dari reading? na'nā'
Iranian reading? na'nâ'
Tajik reading? na'no'

Noun

Dari نعناع
Iranian Persian نعنا
Tajik наъно

نعناع • (na'nâ')

  1. mint

Further reading

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