خلنج
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خَلَنْج – Calluna vulgaris
Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خلنگ (xalang, “heather”)
Pronunciation
Noun
خَلَنْج • (ḵalanj) m
- heather, various Ericeae plants
- c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān:
- 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
- Frähn, Christian Martin (1823) Ibn-Foszlan's und anderer Araber Berichte über die Russen älterer Zeit, Saint Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 107–109
Persian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): ,
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): ,
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): ,
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xalanj, xilanj |
| Dari reading? | xalanj, xilanj |
| Iranian reading? | xalanj, xelanj |
| Tajik reading? | xalanj, xilanj |
Adjective
خَلَنْج or خِلَنْج • (xalanj or xilanj)
- Alternative form of خلنگ (xalang, xilang, “bicoloured, piebald”)
Noun
خَلَنْج or خِلَنْج • (xalanj or xilanj) (obsolete)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | xilinj |
| Dari reading? | xilinj |
| Iranian reading? | xelenj |
| Tajik reading? | xilinj |
Verb
خِلَنْگ • (xilinj)
- pinching the skin with the nails
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “خلنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “خلنج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
- Vullers, Johann August (1855) “خلنج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 716