τάγηνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

τήγανον (tḗganon)
ἤγανον (ḗganon)

Etymology

Agglutinated the Greek article, equalling[1] Aramaic אַגָּנָא‎ / אַגָּאנָא‎ / ܐܓܢܐ‎ (ʾaggānā), Hebrew אַגָּן‎ (ʾaggā́n), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎂𐎐 (ảgn), Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (UD.KA.BAR /agannum/), from which Semitic generic terms for a “bowl” the Greek is borrowed, if not acquired from a third source in between which may have stood model for them, as also Egyptian

(jkn, “bowl”), which however is also a candidate for borrowing.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tá.ɡɛː.non/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɡe̝.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʝi.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʝi.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ʝi.non/

Noun

τάγηνον • (tágēnon) n (genitive τᾰγήνου); second declension

frying pan, saucepan

Declension

Second declension of τὸ τάγηνον; τοῦ ταγήνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ τάγηνον tò tágēnon	τὼ ταγήνω tṑ tagḗnō	τᾰ̀ τάγηνᾰ tà tágēna
Genitive	τοῦ ταγήνου toû tagḗnou	τοῖν ταγήνοιν toîn tagḗnoin	τῶν ταγήνων tôn tagḗnōn
Dative	τῷ ταγήνῳ tôi tagḗnōi	τοῖν ταγήνοιν toîn tagḗnoin	τοῖς ταγήνοις toîs tagḗnois
Accusative	τὸ τάγηνον tò tágēnon	τὼ ταγήνω tṑ tagḗnō	τᾰ̀ τάγηνᾰ tà tágēna
Vocative	τάγηνον tágēnon	ταγήνω tagḗnō	τάγηνᾰ tágēna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ταγηνοστρόφιον (tagēnostróphion)
ταγηνῑ́της (tagēnī́tēs)

Descendants

→ Aramaic:
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: טיגנה‎

Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טֵיגְנָא‎ (ṭēḡnā)

Classical Syriac: ܛܐܓܢܐ‎, ܛܓܢܐ‎ (ṭēgnā)
- → Arabic: طَاجِن‎ (ṭājin), طِيجَن‎ (ṭījan), طَيْجَن‎ (ṭayjan)
  - Andalusian Arabic: طجين‎ (ṭajīn), طاجين‎ (ṭājīn), طاجن‎ (ṭājin, ṭājan)
  - Maltese: taġen
  - Moroccan Arabic: طجين‎ (ṭajīn), طاجين‎ (ṭājīn)
    - → English: tajine
    - → French: tagine
    - → Portuguese: tagine
    - → Spanish: tajín, tayín
→ Sicilian: tiganu (through the variant τήγανον (tḗganon))