سحلب

See also: سجلت‎

Arabic
سَحْلَب

Etymology

Allegedly a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب‎ (ḵuṣā ṯ-ṯaʿlab, “fox testicles”) for the root tubers’ looking like testicles.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /saħ.lab/

Noun

سَحْلَب • (saḥlab) m

  1. Orchis gen.
  2. the starch of the bulbs of Orchis gen., salep
  3. a drink made from milk thickened with salep, sweetened, and usually flavored with rosewater or orange blossom water

Declension
Declension of noun سَحْلَب (saḥlab)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal سَحْلَب
saḥlab		 السَّحْلَب‎
as-saḥlab		 سَحْلَب
saḥlab
Nominative سَحْلَبٌ
saḥlabun		 السَّحْلَبُ‎
as-saḥlabu		 سَحْلَبُ
saḥlabu
Accusative سَحْلَبًا‎
saḥlaban		 السَّحْلَبَ‎
as-saḥlaba		 سَحْلَبَ
saḥlaba
Genitive سَحْلَبٍ
saḥlabin		 السَّحْلَبِ‎
as-saḥlabi		 سَحْلَبِ
saḥlabi

References
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 600
  • Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “سحلب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557
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