زقوم

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Arabic

زَقُّوم – Balanites aegyptiacus
زَقُّوم – Euphorbia neriifolia
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Etymology

From the root ز ق م (z-q-m) related to gulping.

Pronunciation

Noun

زَقُّوم • (zaqqūm) m

  1. (Islam) Zaqqum (tree growing in Hell)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 56:52:
      لَآكِلُونَ مِن شَجَرٍ مِّن زَقُّومٍ
      laʔākilūna min šajarin min zaqqūmin
      will certainly eat from ˹the fruit of˺ the trees of Zaqqûm.
  2. Egyptian balsam (Balanites aegyptiacus fruit and tree)
    Hypernym: هِجْلِيج (hijlīj)
    • 2019 June 24, مشاري الذايدي, “باتجاه سقوط محور تركيا وإيران وقطر”, in Aš-šarq al-ʾawsaṭ‎:
      المعسكر الذي تقبع به سلطات قطر وتركيا وإيران في النازل لا الطالع، تحصد الزقوم وتتجرع العلقم وتضرس الحصرم على أسنان نخرة.
      The camp in which the powers of Qaṭar, Turkey, and Iran trumpet is descending, not ascending; they reap the Egyptian balsam, gorge the colocynth, and chomp on sour grapes high-nosed.
  3. spurge (Euphorbia spp., including Euphorbia neriifolia, Euphorbia resinifera, Euphorbia abyssinica)

Declension

Declension of noun زَقُّوم (zaqqūm)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal زَقُّوم
zaqqūm 		الزَّقُّوم
az-zaqqūm 		زَقُّوم
zaqqūm
Nominative زَقُّومٌ
zaqqūmun 		الزَّقُّومُ
az-zaqqūmu 		زَقُّومُ
zaqqūmu
Accusative زَقُّومًا
zaqqūman 		الزَّقُّومَ
az-zaqqūma 		زَقُّومَ
zaqqūma
Genitive زَقُّومٍ
zaqqūmin 		الزَّقُّومِ
az-zaqqūmi 		زَقُّومِ
zaqqūmi

Descendants

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زقوم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 596b
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زقوم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 244b
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زقوم”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎ (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 999b
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “زقوم”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1239a

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Pronunciation

Interjection

زقوم • (zaqqūm)

  1. (slang) expression of, disgust, annoyance, anger, dismay

Ottoman Turkish

زَقُّوم – Nerium oleander

Etymology

From Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Noun

زقوم • (zakkum, zikkum, zıkkum)

  1. oleander (Nerium oleander)
    Synonym: آغو آغاجی (ağu ağacı)

Descendants

Noun

زقوم • (zıkkım)

  1. poison
    Synonyms: زهر (zehr), آغو (ağu)
  2. vex, bitter pill, a nuisant thing or behaviour or person
    Synonyms: الم (elem), بلا (belâ), علت (ʼillet)

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zaqqūm
Dari reading? zaqqūm
Iranian reading? zağğum
Tajik reading? zaqqum

Noun

زقوم • (zaqqum)

  1. (Islam) Zaqqum (tree growing in Hell)
  2. (figurative) Metaphor for anything bitter.

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