τάγηνον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Rebracketing of το (to), equalling[1] Aramaic אַגָּנָא / אַגָּאנָא / ܐܓܢܐ (ʾaggānā), Hebrew אַגָּן (ʾaggā́n), Ugaritic 𐎀𐎂𐎐 (ảgn), Akkadian 𒌓𒅗𒁇 (UD.KA.BAR /⁠agannum⁠/), from the Semitic generic terms for a bowl, or acquired from a third source, as also Egyptian jkn (bowl), which however is also a candidate for borrowing.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. frying pan, saucepan

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Including descendants of the variant τήγανον (tḗganon)

  • Aramaic:
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: טיגנה
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: טֵיגְנָא (ṭēḡnā)
    Classical Syriac: ܛܓܢܐ (ṭēgnā), ܛܐܓܢܐ
  • Old Occitan: tian
  • Persian: تیان (tiyân)
  • Sicilian: tiganu

See also

Further reading

  1. Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 802
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