شلجم
Arabic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Persian شلغم (šalġam), ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally “the Sicilian one”); doublet of سِلْق (silq).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃal.d͡ʒam/
Noun
شَلْجَم • (šaljam) m
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | شَلْجَم šaljam |
الشَّلْجَم aš-šaljam |
شَلْجَم šaljam |
| nominative | شَلْجَمٌ šaljamun |
الشَّلْجَمُ aš-šaljamu |
شَلْجَمُ šaljamu |
| accusative | شَلْجَمًا šaljaman |
الشَّلْجَمَ aš-šaljama |
شَلْجَمَ šaljama |
| genitive | شَلْجَمٍ šaljamin |
الشَّلْجَمِ aš-šaljami |
شَلْجَمِ šaljami |
Derived terms
- شَلْجَمِيّ (šaljamiyy, “parabolic”)
Descendants
- → Galician: acelga
- → Gujarati: શલજમ (śaljam)
- → Middle Armenian: շալճամ (šalčam), սալճամ (salčam)
- → Portuguese: acelga
- → Spanish: acelga
- → Ottoman Turkish: شلجم (şelcem)
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “شلجم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 446
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352