كلكلانج

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Arabic

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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 (kalkalānajm

  1. (obsolete) the oil of the coconut, used for medical treatments as an electuary
    Synonym: دُهْن النَارَجِيل (duhn an-nārajīl)
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [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.

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