يقطين

العربية

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يقطين

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Inconspicuous, of a rare pattern yaFʿīL – otherwise found only in يَعْضِيد (yaʕḍīd, “Launaea mucronata”) and يَعْقِيد (yaʕqīd, “thickened honey”) – but connected to the root ق ط ن (q ṭ n), so perhaps from a Semitic substrate.

noun يَقْطِين · yaqṭīn · يَقْطِينَة · الْيَقْطِين

a variety of squash or gourd
pumpkin وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْطِينٍ

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pumpkin plant

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"يقطين." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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يقطين. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86

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"يقطين." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {يقطين},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}