نعناع

Arabic

Alternative forms

نَعْنَع (naʕnaʕ)

Etymology

From Hurrian, as are Aramaic / Hebrew נַעְנַע (naʿnaʿ, “mint”), Old Armenian անանուխ (ananux, “mint”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naʕ.naːʕ/
- (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /niʕ.naːʕ/, [nɪʕ.naːʕ]

Noun

نَعْنَاع • (naʕnāʕ) m

mint

Declension

Declension of noun نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	نَعْنَاع naʕnāʕ	النَّعْنَاع an-naʕnāʕ	نَعْنَاع naʕnāʕ
Nominative	نَعْنَاعٌ naʕnāʕun	النَّعْنَاعُ an-naʕnāʕu	نَعْنَاعُ naʕnāʕu
Accusative	نَعْنَاعًا naʕnāʕan	النَّعْنَاعَ an-naʕnāʕa	نَعْنَاعَ naʕnāʕa
Genitive	نَعْنَاعٍ naʕnāʕin	النَّعْنَاعِ an-naʕnāʕi	نَعْنَاعِ naʕnāʕi

Derived terms

نعناع فلفلي (naʕnāʕ filfiliyy, “peppermint”)
نعناع مدبب (naʕnāʕ mudabbab, “spearmint”)
نعناع مائي (naʕnāʕ māʔiyy, “watermint”)

Descendants

Hijazi Arabic: نعناع (niʕnāʕ)
Maltese: nagħniegħ
Moroccan Arabic: نعناع (naʕnāʕ)
→ Armenian: նանա (nana)
→ Azerbaijani: nanə
→ Persian: نعناع (na'nâ')
→ Swahili: nanaa
→ Ottoman Turkish: نانه (nane)
- → Turkish: nane

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naʕ.naːʕ/
Audio (file)

Noun

نعناع • (naʕnāʕ) m

mint
Synonym: ليقامة (līqāma)

Persian

Alternative forms

نعنع (na'na') (rare)
نعنا (na'nâ)

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [naʔ.nɑːʔ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näʔ.nɑːʔ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nɑː.nɑː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nɔː.nɔː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næʔ.nɒːʔ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näʔ.nɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	na'nā'
Dari reading^?	na'nā'
Iranian reading^?	na'nâ'
Tajik reading^?	naʾnoʾ

Noun


Dari	نعناع
Iranian Persian	نعنا
Tajik	наъно

نعناع • (na'nâ')

mint

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