شلوق

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From coastal African dialects, perhaps via Berber from Italian scirocco.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.luːq/, /ʃi.luːq/

Noun

شَلُوق or شِلُوق • (šalūq or šilūq) m

  1. southeasterly wind, scirocco
Declension
Declension of noun شَلُوق (šalūq)‎; شِلُوق (šilūq)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شَلُوق‎; شِلُوق
šalūq‎; šilūq 		الشَّلُوق‎; الشِّلُوق
aš-šalūq‎; aš-šilūq 		شَلُوق‎; شِلُوق
šalūq‎; šilūq
Nominative شَلُوقٌ‎; شِلُوقٌ
šalūqun‎; šilūqun 		الشَّلُوقُ‎; الشِّلُوقُ
aš-šalūqu‎; aš-šilūqu 		شَلُوقُ‎; شِلُوقُ
šalūqu‎; šilūqu
Accusative شَلُوقًا‎; شِلُوقًا
šalūqan‎; šilūqan 		الشَّلُوقَ‎; الشِّلُوقَ
aš-šalūqa‎; aš-šilūqa 		شَلُوقَ‎; شِلُوقَ
šalūqa‎; šilūqa
Genitive شَلُوقٍ‎; شِلُوقٍ
šalūqin‎; šilūqin 		الشَّلُوقِ‎; الشِّلُوقِ
aš-šalūqi‎; aš-šilūqi 		شَلُوقِ‎; شِلُوقِ
šalūqi‎; šilūqi
Descendants
  • Maltese: xlokk
  • >? Maltese: xellug
Trivia

Etymology 2

Apparently from Coptic ϣⲁⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (šalouki), ⲥⲁⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (salouki), from Egyptian šlq, alternative form of šrq, which also passed as شَرُّوك (šarrūk, “Schilbe”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

شُلُوق • (šulūq) m

  1. (obsolete) an unknown kind of river fish, perhaps Petrocephalus bane
    • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʕaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], edited by Gerlof van Vloten, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʕulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 168 line 9 – 169 line 1:
      الْهَازِبَاء والبُنِّيّ والْجِرِّيث والشَبُّوط والشُلُوق من أصناف السمك
      Hāzibāʾ and Labeobarbus bynni and slime eel and the carp and šulūq are sorts of fish.
    • a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم  (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)‎, Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, pages 130–131 p:
      وبها من أجناس السمك الدجدليَّة أربعة وعشرون الشيم الزجر (cod. الرحر) البُنّي الجرّي الشلق الزجور (cod. الزنجوا) البمي الساح (l. الساج?) الشائم الكرتك الشلاني (l. الشلابي?) الدبقاة الرماين البيضاوي الإربيان البراك البرسوح (l. البرستوج?) الأسبول الجواف (cod. الحراق) الربلتي (l. الربيثى?) العين الزجر (cod. الرحر) السحدان (l. الشحذان?) المارماهي.
      And there are of the types of fish in the Tigris twenty-four, .
Declension
Declension of noun شُلُوق (šulūq)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal شُلُوق
šulūq 		الشُّلُوق
aš-šulūq 		شُلُوق
šulūq
Nominative شُلُوقٌ
šulūqun 		الشُّلُوقُ
aš-šulūqu 		شُلُوقُ
šulūqu
Accusative شُلُوقًا
šulūqan 		الشُّلُوقَ
aš-šulūqa 		شُلُوقَ
šulūqa
Genitive شُلُوقٍ
šulūqin 		الشُّلُوقِ
aš-šulūqi 		شُلُوقِ
šulūqi

References

  • Seidel, Ernst (1915) “Die Medizin im Kitâb Mafâtîḥ al ʿUlûm”, in Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Sozietät zu Erlangen‎ (in German), volume 47, page 33 Anm. 81, finds the Arabic fish-name and no other place and knows no comparandum except شَلِيق (šalīq, “lamprel or wrasse”)
  • Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928) “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, →DOI, page 30, mentioning the Coptic without the Arabic

Persian

Adjective

شلوق • (šoluq)

  1. Alternative spelling of شلوغ (šoluğ)
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