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 • (ḥarankaš) m
- Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana and Physalis gen. et spp.)
Declension
| 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