كلكلانج

Arabic

Alternative forms

كَلانَج (kalānaj), جَلْكَلَانَج (jalkalānaj)

Etymology

Probably via Middle Persian from Sanskrit *कल्क-कल्याणक (*kalka-kalyāṇaka, literally “prosperous oily sediment, good unguent or paste”), or just कल्याणक (kalyāṇaka, “prosperous”) which by itself already denotes an electuary oil, or जलकरङ्क (jalakaraṅka, “coconut”), where करङ्क (karaṅka, “skeleton, skull; the mere shell of coconut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kal.ka.laː.nad͡ʒ/

Noun

كَلْكَلَانَج • (kalkalānaj) m

(obsolete) the oil of the coconut, used for medical treatments as an electuary
Synonym: دُهْن النَارَجِيل (duhn an-nārajīl)
- a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 230 (fol. 22v,3), page 420:
  دهن الكلانج هو دهن الجوز الهندي.
  Oil of cocoanut is the oil of coconut.

Declension

Declension of noun **كَلْكَلَانَج** (kalkalānaj)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj	الْكَلْكَلَانَج al-kalkalānaj	كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj
nominative	كَلْكَلَانَجٌ kalkalānajun	الْكَلْكَلَانَجُ al-kalkalānaju	كَلْكَلَانَجُ kalkalānaju
accusative	كَلْكَلَانَجًا kalkalānajan	الْكَلْكَلَانَجَ al-kalkalānaja	كَلْكَلَانَجَ kalkalānaja
genitive	كَلْكَلَانَجٍ kalkalānajin	الْكَلْكَلَانَجِ al-kalkalānaji	كَلْكَلَانَجِ kalkalānaji