قطلب

Arabic

قَطْلَب Arbutus unedo

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܩܳܛܶܠ ܐܱܒܽܘܗ݇ܝ (qāṭel ʾăḇūy, strawberry tree, literally killer of his father).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qatˁ.lab/

Noun

قَطْلَب or قُطْلُب (qaṭlab or quṭlub) m (collective, singulative قَطْلَبَة (qaṭlaba) or قُطْلُبَة (quṭluba))

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
    Synonyms: قَيْقَبَان (qayqabān), قَيْقَب (qayqab), جَنَاء أَحْمَر (janāʾ ʾaḥmar)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ibn al-Bayṭār to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب to this entry?)

Declension

References

  • qṭl**ˀbwhy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), قطلب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 377
  • Freytag, Georg (1830), حِنَّاء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 423
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