Masculine

Zirkon

zircon

Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡sɪrˈkoːn/
Etymology

This, as in the same decade Zirkonium, has been formed artificially by Abraham Gottlob Werner in the 1780s from Arabic زَرْقُون (zarqūn) and then this mineral and metal name spread from German into all European languages and the world.

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