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English
Wikispecies
Etymology
Compound of black + thorn .
Pronunciation
Noun
blackthorn (plural blackthorns )
A large shrub or small tree , Prunus spinosa , that is native to Europe , western Asia , and north Africa . It has a dark bark and bears thorns .
A stick or staff taken from this tree.
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Translations
Prunus spinosa
Abaza: дзхӏвы ( dzḥʷə ) , дзхӏвымыгъ ( dzḥʷəməɣ )
Adyghe: пыжъ ( pəẑ )
Albanian: kullumbri (sq) f
Arabic: بَرْقُوق شَائِك m ( barqūq šāʔik ) , بَرْقُوق السِيَاج m ( barqūq as-siyāj ) , خَوْخ شَائِك m ( ḵawḵ šāʔik ) , خَوْخ السِيَاج m ( ḵawḵ as-siyāj ) , إِجَّاص شَائِك m ( ʔijjāṣ šāʔik ) , إِجَّاص السِيَاج m ( ʔijjāṣ as-siyāj )
Andalusi Arabic: أَرَنْيُون m ( ʔaranyūn )
Aragonese: arañón m
Armenian: մամխի (hy) ( mamxi ) , մամխենի (hy) ( mamxeni )
Old Armenian: մամխի ( mamxi )
Asturian: andrinal (ast) m , prunal (ast) f
Azerbaijani: göyəm (az)
Bashkir: күгэн ( kügen )
Basque: elorri beltz , arantzabeltz , patxaran (eu) , basaranondo / basaran (eu) / basakaran / basokaran
Belarusian: цёрн m ( cjorn )
Breton: spern-du (br) , gwez-irin
Bulgarian: тръ́нка (bg) f ( trǎ́nka )
Catalan: aranyó (ca) m , aranyoner m
Chagatai: كوگم ( köǧem )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑刺李 ( hēicìlǐ )
Cornish: spernen dhu f
Czech: trnka (cs) f
Dargwa: муръух ( murʾuχ )
Dutch: sleedoorn (nl) m
Esperanto: prunelarbo
Estonian: laukapuu
Finnish: oratuomi (fi)
French: prunellier (fr) m
Gagauz:
Cyrillic: гӱвен
Latin: güven
Galician: abruñeiro (gl) m , agruñeiro m , escambrón (gl) m , escambroeiro m , ameixeira (gl) f , espiño (gl) m
Georgian: კვრინჩხი ( ḳvrinčxi )
German: Schlehdorn m , Schlehe (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: βράβυλον n ( brábulon )
Hungarian: kökény (hu)
Irish: draighean m , airneog f
Old Irish: draigen m
Italian: prugnolo m
Kashubian: psónka f
Kumyk: гоган ( gogan )
Latin: spīnus f
Latvian: ērkšķu plūme f
Lithuanian: dygioji slyva f
Macedonian: трнинка f ( trninka ) , трнка f ( trnka ) , црн трн m ( crn trn )
Nogai: көген
Norman: néthe êpîngne f , reunellyi m , preunelle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slåpetorn m , slåpe (no) m or f ( fruit )
Nynorsk: slåpetorn m , slåpe f ( fruit )
Occitan: aranhon (oc) m , aragnou m , agragnou m
Ossetian: какон ( kakon )
Persian: گوجه وحشی ( gowje vahši ) , آلوچه (fa) ( âluče ) ( generic word for small Prunus fruits ) , آلوچه جنگلی ( âluče jangali )
Polish: śliwa tarnina f , tarka (pl) f , tarnina (pl) f , tarń f
Portuguese: abrunheiro-bravo m
Romani: mamuxin f
Romanian: porumbar (ro) m
Russian: тёрн (ru) m ( tjorn ) , терно́вник (ru) m ( ternóvnik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тр̏њина ( Serbia ) , тр̀нина ( Croatia, Bosnia ) , цр̑нӣ тр̑н m
Latin: tȑnjina (sh) ( Serbia ) , tr̀nina ( Croatia, Bosnia ) , cȓnī tȓn m
Slovak: trnka f
Slovene: čŕni tŕn m
Spanish: endrino (es) , arañón m , arañonera f , arañuela (es) f , ciruelo silvestre m , ciruelo salvaje m
Swedish: slån (sv) c
Tatar: күгэн ( kügen )
Turkish:
Modern Turkish: göğem (tr) , gövem (tr) ( dialectally also ) , güvem , güğem , karaçalı (tr) , yabani erik , güvem çalısı
Ottoman Turkish: گوگم ( göğem, güğem ) , گووم ( gövem, güvem )
Ukrainian: те́рен m ( téren )
Welsh: draenen ddu f
West Flemish: sleedôorn m
See also