خلنج

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلنگ (xalang, “heather”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.land͡ʒ/

Noun

خَلَنْج • (ḵalanj) m

  1. heather, various Ericeae plants
    • c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān‎[1]:
      وَلَهُمُ ٱلثِّيرَانُ ٱلْأَرْمِينِيَّةُ، وَٱلشَّاهْ بَلُّوطُ، وَٱلْخَلَنْجُ ٱلْكَثِيرُ، وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ عَجَائِبَ.
      walahumu ṯ-ṯīrānu l-ʔarmīniyyatu, waš-šāh ballūṭu, wal-ḵalanju l-kaṯīru, wayattaḵiḏūna minhu ʕajāʔiba.
      And they have Armenian apricot, chestnut, and much heather, and they obtain miracles from it.

Declension

Declension of noun خَلَنْج (ḵalanj)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal خَلَنْج
ḵalanj 		الْخَلَنْج
al-ḵalanj 		خَلَنْج
ḵalanj
nominative خَلَنْجٌ
ḵalanjun 		الْخَلَنْجُ
al-ḵalanju 		خَلَنْجُ
ḵalanju
accusative خَلَنْجًا
ḵalanjan 		الْخَلَنْجَ
al-ḵalanja 		خَلَنْجَ
ḵalanja
genitive خَلَنْجٍ
ḵalanjin 		الْخَلَنْجِ
al-ḵalanji 		خَلَنْجِ
ḵalanji

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [xä.länd͡ʒ], [xɪ.länd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [xä.länd͡ʒ], [xɪ.länd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [xä.länd͡ʒ̥], [xi.länd͡ʒ̥]
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [xæ.lænd͡ʒ̥], [xe.lænd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? xalanj, xilanj
Dari reading? xalanj, xilanj
Iranian reading? xalanj, xelanj
Tajik reading? xalanj, xilanj

Adjective

خَلَنْج or خِلَنْج • (xalanj or xilanj)

  1. alternative form of خلنگ (xalang, xilang, “bicoloured, piebald”)

Noun

خَلَنْج or خِلَنْج • (xalanj or xilanj) (obsolete)

  1. a kind of black dove with checkered wings

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? xilinj
Dari reading? xilinj
Iranian reading? xelenj
Tajik reading? xilinj

Noun

خِلَنْگ • (xilinj)

  1. pinching the skin with the nails

Further reading

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