ترنجان

Arabic
تُرُنْجَان – Melissa officinalis

Alternative forms
  • تُرُنْجِين (turunjīn), تُرُنْجِيل (turunjīl) — al-Andalus
  • حَبَق تُرُنْجَانِيّ (ḥabaq turunjāniyy), حَبَق تُرُنْجِيّ (ḥabaq turunjiyy)

Etymology

تُرُْنْج (turunj, “citron”) +‎ ـَان (-ān) because it resembles the citron olfactorily and texturally.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tu.run.d͡ʒaːn/

Noun

تُرُنْجَان • (turunjān) m

  1. lemon balm (Melissa gen. et spp.)
    Synonym: بَاذَرُوج (bāḏarūj)

Declension
Declension of noun تُرُنْجَان (turunjān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تُرُنْجَان
turunjān		 التُّرُنْجَان
at-turunjān		 تُرُنْجَان
turunjān
Nominative تُرُنْجَانٌ
turunjānun		 التُّرُنْجَانُ
at-turunjānu		 تُرُنْجَانُ
turunjānu
Accusative تُرُنْجَانًا
turunjānan		 التُّرُنْجَانَ
at-turunjāna		 تُرُنْجَانَ
turunjāna
Genitive تُرُنْجَانٍ
turunjānin		 التُّرُنْجَانِ
at-turunjāni		 تُرُنْجَانِ
turunjāni

Derived terms
  • تُرُنْجَانِيَّة (turunjāniyya, “a dish of mutton and lemon-balm”)
  • تُرُنْجَان بَرِّيّ (turunjān barriyy) and تُرُنْجَان صِينِيّ (turunjān ṣīniyy, “Lamium flexuosum”)
  • تُرُنْجَان جَبَلِيّ (turunjān jabaliyy, “Origanum dictamnus”)
  • تُرُنْجَان السَوَاقِي (turunjān as-sawāqī, “Mentha suaveolens”)
  • تُرُنْجَان الثَعْلَب (turunjān aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “Calotropis procera”)

Descendants
  • → Catalan: tarongina, torongina
  • → Spanish: toronjina, toronjil
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