قرنفل

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Arabic

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Etymology

Imported from India. Compare Tamil கராம்பு (karāmpu), கிராம்பு (kirāmpu), കരയാമ്പ് (karayāmpŭ), ഗ്രാമ്പൂ (grāmpū), Sinhalese කරාබු (karābu), Tagalog klabong, klabos, kalabumpako, all meaning cloves. From the same source Ancient Greek καρυόφυλλον (karuóphullon), Amharic ቅርንፉድ (ḳərnəfud).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ran.ful/, /qu.ran.ful/
  • Rhymes: -ul

Noun

قَرَنْفُل or قُرَنْفُل (qaranful or quranfulm

  1. clove (Syzygium aromaticum)
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi, “Poem #201”, in The Works of 'Abū al-Ṭayyib al-Mutanabbī, volume 3, Dār Al-Ma‘rifah, published 1978, pages 201–202:
      وَمَنْزِلٍ لَيْسَ لَنَا بِمَنْزِلِ / وَلَا لِغَيْرِ الْغَادِيَاتِ الْهُطَّلِ
      نَدِيِّ الْخُزَامَى ذَفِرِ الْقَرَنْفُلِ / مُحَلَّلٍ مِلْوَحْشِ لَمْ يُحَلَّلِ
      wamanzilin laysa lanā bimanzili / walā liḡayri l-ḡādiyāti l-huṭṭali
      nadiyyi l-ḵuzāmā ḏafiri al-qaranfuli / muḥallalin milwaḥši lam yuḥallali
      A place, which has never been a stop for us
      Nor anyone but the show'ring daybreak-clouds,
      With dewy lavenders, and fragrant cloves,
      Settled by the wildlife, and no one else.
  2. pink, carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)

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References

Hijazi Arabic

قُرُنْفُل

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُرُنْفُل (gurunfulm (collective)

  1. carnation (flower)
  2. clove (spice)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرنفل (qrunfulm (collective)

  1. carnation (flower)
  2. clove (spice)
    Synonym: عود النوار (ʕūd en-nuwwār)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).

Noun

قرنفل (karanfil)

  1. carnation (flower)
  2. clove (spice)

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَنْفُل (qaranful).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qaranful
Dari reading? qaranful
Iranian reading? ğaranfol
Tajik reading? qaranful

Noun

قرنفل (qaranfol)

  1. carnation (flower)
  2. clove (spice)

Descendants