حرنكش

Arabic

Etymology

A disguised حَشِيش حَرَام (ḥašīš ḥarām) in the Egyptian Arabic drug slang language لغة السين (luġit is-sīn), apparently originally meaning a resemblant psychoactive plant, which can be Withania somnifera of the same tribe Physaleae.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ran.kaʃ/

Noun

حَرَنْكَش • (ḥarankašm

  1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana and Physalis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal حَرَنْكَش
ḥarankaš
الْحَرَنْكَش
al-ḥarankaš
حَرَنْكَش
ḥarankaš
nominative حَرَنْكَشٌ
ḥarankašun
الْحَرَنْكَشُ
al-ḥarankašu
حَرَنْكَشُ
ḥarankašu
accusative حَرَنْكَشًا
ḥarankašan
الْحَرَنْكَشَ
al-ḥarankaša
حَرَنْكَشَ
ḥarankaša
genitive حَرَنْكَشٍ
ḥarankašin
الْحَرَنْكَشِ
al-ḥarankaši
حَرَنْكَشِ
ḥarankaši

Further reading

  • Martirossian, Tatevik (2013) Raketten van amber – Een etymologisch onderzoek van Egyptisch drugs slang[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, pages 61–63