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

1. mint

Declension

Declension of noun نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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
• → Ottoman Turkish: نانه (nane), نعنه (naʼne)
  • Turkish: nane
• → Persian: نعناع (na'nâ')
• → Swahili: nanaa

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naʕ.naːʕ/

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Noun

نعناع • (naʕnāʕ) m

1. mint

   Synonym: ليقامة (līqāma)

Persian

Alternative forms

• نعنا (na'nâ)
• نعنع (na'na') (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näʔ.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')

1. mint

Further reading

• نعناع on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa