زيتون
Arabic
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editRelated to زَيْت (zayt, “olive oil”); but the stem extension, unknown in Arabic morphology, directly relates to Aramaic, where -ōnā forms diminutive nouns; developing there the sense of an “olive tree” found for the simplex across Northwest Semitic to what is attested as Classical Mandaic ࡆࡉࡕࡅࡍࡀ (zētōnā, “little olive tree”) and then attaining based on the idea of the fruit being a miniature olive tree the meaning “olive”, as well as retaining the meaning of an olive tree.
Noun
editزَيْتُون • (zaytūn) m (collective, singulative زَيْتُونَة f (zaytūna))
- olive (fruit or tree)
Declension
editCollective | basic collective triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَيْتُون zaytūn |
الزَّيْتُون az-zaytūn |
زَيْتُون zaytūn |
Nominative | زَيْتُونٌ zaytūnun |
الزَّيْتُونُ az-zaytūnu |
زَيْتُونُ zaytūnu |
Accusative | زَيْتُونًا zaytūnan |
الزَّيْتُونَ az-zaytūna |
زَيْتُونَ zaytūna |
Genitive | زَيْتُونٍ zaytūnin |
الزَّيْتُونِ az-zaytūni |
زَيْتُونِ zaytūni |
Singulative | singulative triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَيْتُونَة zaytūna |
الزَّيْتُونَة az-zaytūna |
زَيْتُونَة zaytūnat |
Nominative | زَيْتُونَةٌ zaytūnatun |
الزَّيْتُونَةُ az-zaytūnatu |
زَيْتُونَةُ zaytūnatu |
Accusative | زَيْتُونَةً zaytūnatan |
الزَّيْتُونَةَ az-zaytūnata |
زَيْتُونَةَ zaytūnata |
Genitive | زَيْتُونَةٍ zaytūnatin |
الزَّيْتُونَةِ az-zaytūnati |
زَيْتُونَةِ zaytūnati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | زَيْتُونَتَيْن zaytūnatayn |
الزَّيْتُونَتَيْن az-zaytūnatayn |
زَيْتُونَتَيْ zaytūnatay |
Nominative | زَيْتُونَتَانِ zaytūnatāni |
الزَّيْتُونَتَانِ az-zaytūnatāni |
زَيْتُونَتَا zaytūnatā |
Accusative | زَيْتُونَتَيْنِ zaytūnatayni |
الزَّيْتُونَتَيْنِ az-zaytūnatayni |
زَيْتُونَتَيْ zaytūnatay |
Genitive | زَيْتُونَتَيْنِ zaytūnatayni |
الزَّيْتُونَتَيْنِ az-zaytūnatayni |
زَيْتُونَتَيْ zaytūnatay |
Paucal (3-10) | sound feminine paucal | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | زَيْتُونَات zaytūnāt |
الزَّيْتُونَات az-zaytūnāt |
زَيْتُونَات zaytūnāt |
Nominative | زَيْتُونَاتٌ zaytūnātun |
الزَّيْتُونَاتُ az-zaytūnātu |
زَيْتُونَاتُ zaytūnātu |
Accusative | زَيْتُونَاتٍ zaytūnātin |
الزَّيْتُونَاتِ az-zaytūnāti |
زَيْتُونَاتِ zaytūnāti |
Genitive | زَيْتُونَاتٍ zaytūnātin |
الزَّيْتُونَاتِ az-zaytūnāti |
زَيْتُونَاتِ zaytūnāti |
Descendants
edit- → Afar: daytuun
- → Amharic: ዘይቶን (zäyton)
- → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܙܝܬܘܢܐ (zaytona, zaytúni, “olive”)
- → Armenian: զեյթուն (zeytʻun)
- → Azerbaijani: зејтун, zeytun
- → Bashkir: зәйтүн (zəytün)
- → Bengali: জয়তূন (zôytūn)
- → Crimean Tatar: zeytün, ziytin
- → Ge'ez: ዘይቶን (zäyton), ዘይጦን (zäyṭon)
- → Hausa: zaitun
- → Hindustani:
- → Indonesian: zaitun
- → Kazakh: зәйтүн (zäitün)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: zeytûn
- → Lishana Deni: זיתונא (zaytūna)
- → Kyrgyz: зайтун (zaytun)
- → Malay: zaitun
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: azeitona
- → Ottoman Turkish: زیتون (zeytun), زیتین (zeytin)
- → Pashto: زيتون m (zaytún)
- → Persian: زیتون (zeytun)
- → Punjabi: ਜ਼ੈਤੂਨ (zaitūn)
- → Spanish: aceituna
- → Swahili: zeituni, zaituni
- → Tajik: зайтун (zaytun)
- → Tatar: зәйтүн (zäytün) / zäytün
- → Tausug: jaytun
- → Turkmen: зейтун / zeýtun
- → Turoyo: ܙܰܝܬܘܢܳܐ (zaytuno, “olive”)
- → Uyghur: زەيتۇن (zeytun)
- → Uzbek: zaytun
- → Zazaki: zeytun
Etymology 2
editPhono-semantic matching from Chinese 刺桐 (MC tshjeH duwng, “coral tree”) in 刺桐城 (MC tshjeH duwng dzyeng, “coral tree town”), an old name for Quanzhou.
Proper noun
editزَيْتُون • (zaytūn) m
- (historical) Zayton, the medieval trade name of the ports of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian, China
Declension
editSingular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | — | زَيْتُون zaytūn |
— |
Nominative | — | زَيْتُونُ zaytūnu |
— |
Accusative | — | زَيْتُونَ zaytūna |
— |
Genitive | — | زَيْتُونَ zaytūna |
— |
References
edit- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 147
- Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 37
- Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 294
- Shahîd, Irfan (1989) Byzantium and the Arabs in the Fifth Century, Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pages 249–250
- “zytwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Hijazi Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editزيتون • (zaytūn) m (collective, singulative زيتونة f (zaytūna), plural زيتونات (zaytūnāt))
- olive (fruit or tree)
South Levantine Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn).
Noun
editزيتون • (zētūn) m (collective)
- Alternative form of زتون (zatūn, “olives”)
- Arabic 2-syllable words
- Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Arabic/uːn
- Arabic terms borrowed from Aramaic
- Arabic terms derived from Aramaic
- Arabic lemmas
- Arabic nouns
- Arabic collective nouns
- Arabic masculine nouns
- Arabic nouns with basic triptote collective
- Arabic nouns with triptote singulative in -a
- Arabic nouns with sound feminine paucal
- Arabic phono-semantic matchings from Chinese
- Arabic terms derived from Chinese
- Arabic proper nouns
- Arabic terms with historical senses
- Arabic nouns with basic diptote singular
- Arabic definite nouns
- ar:Olive family plants
- ar:Fruits
- Hijazi Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- Hijazi Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hijazi Arabic lemmas
- Hijazi Arabic nouns
- Hijazi Arabic collective nouns
- Hijazi Arabic masculine nouns
- South Levantine Arabic terms inherited from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic terms derived from Arabic
- South Levantine Arabic lemmas
- South Levantine Arabic nouns
- South Levantine Arabic collective nouns
- South Levantine Arabic masculine nouns