Zaytūnah
زَيْتُونَة
Say it zay-TOO-nah
An olive tree
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 24:35
- Also spelled
- Zaytuna, Zaitoona, Zeytuna
Meaning & source
An olive tree.
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والزَّيْتُون: شَجَرٌ مَعْرُوفٌ، والزَّيْتُ: دُهْنه، وَاحِدَتُهُ زَيْتُونة
Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, vol. 2, p. 35 (Dār Ṣādir, Beirut, 3rd ed. 1414 AH)