بنجنكشت

Arabic

بَنْجَنْكُشْت

Alternative forms

فَنْجَنْكُشْت‎ (fanjankušt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (panj-angošt, “chaste tree”, literally “five-finger”), so named because of the leaves ordered in groups of five. So this plant in Ancient Greek πεντάφυλλον (pentáphullon) and in Arabic ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع‎ (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ban.d͡ʒan.kuʃt/

Noun

بَنْجَنْكُشْت • (banjankušt) m

chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Synonyms: حَبّ الْفَقْد‎ (ḥabb al-faqd), سَرْسَاد‎ (sarsād), ذُو خَمْسَة أَصَابِع‎ (ḏū ḵamsa(t) ʔaṣābiʕ)
- c. 1200, يحيى بن محمد بن أحمد بن العوام‎ [Yaḥyā ibn muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad ibn al-ʿawwām], José Antonio Banqueri, editor, كتاب الفلاحة‎ [Book on Agriculture], volume 2, Madrid: Imprenta Real, published 1802^IA, Cap. 29, Art. 12, page 365:

Declension

Declension of noun بَنْجَنْكُشْت (banjankušt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنْجَنْكُشْت banjankušt	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْت‎ al-banjankušt	بَنْجَنْكُشْت banjankušt
Nominative	بَنْجَنْكُشْتٌ banjankuštun	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتُ‎ al-banjankuštu	بَنْجَنْكُشْتُ banjankuštu
Accusative	بَنْجَنْكُشْتًا‎ banjankuštan	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتَ‎ al-banjankušta	بَنْجَنْكُشْتَ banjankušta
Genitive	بَنْجَنْكُشْتٍ banjankuštin	الْبَنْجَنْكُشْتِ‎ al-banjankušti	بَنْجَنْكُشْتِ banjankušti

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 117
Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “بنجنكشت”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 283
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 491–494
Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, pages 375–376

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