كولان

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Arabic

Etymology

An Aramaic loanword, attested as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כולניתא (*kūlānīṯā, “a kind of papyrus reed”) and Punic 𐤊𐤋𐤌 (kūlūm, “common knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare”), regularly cognate to it by the Canaanite shift.

Pronunciation

Noun

كُولَان or كَوْلَان • (kūlān or kawlān) m

  1. desert papyrus (Cyperus conglomeratus)
    Synonyms: ثُدَّاء (ṯuddāʔ), ثَنْدَة (ṯanda), ثَنْدَا (ṯandā), ثَنْدَى (ṯandā), مُصَاص (muṣāṣ)

Declension

Declension of noun كُولَان (kūlān)‎; كَوْلَان (kawlān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal كُولَان‎; كَوْلَان
kūlān‎; kawlān 		الْكُولَان‎; الْكَوْلَان
al-kūlān‎; al-kawlān 		كُولَان‎; كَوْلَان
kūlān‎; kawlān
Nominative كُولَانٌ‎; كَوْلَانٌ
kūlānun‎; kawlānun 		الْكُولَانُ‎; الْكَوْلَانُ
al-kūlānu‎; al-kawlānu 		كُولَانُ‎; كَوْلَانُ
kūlānu‎; kawlānu
Accusative كُولَانًا‎; كَوْلَانًا
kūlānan‎; kawlānan 		الْكُولَانَ‎; الْكَوْلَانَ
al-kūlāna‎; al-kawlāna 		كُولَانَ‎; كَوْلَانَ
kūlāna‎; kawlāna
Genitive كُولَانٍ‎; كَوْلَانٍ
kūlānin‎; kawlānin 		الْكُولَانِ‎; الْكَوْلَانِ
al-kūlāni‎; al-kawlāni 		كُولَانِ‎; كَوْلَانِ
kūlāni‎; kawlāni

References

  • “kwlnytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎ (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 411
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 563–564
  • Löw, Immanuel (1916) “Schachtelhalm und Schwaden”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 19, number 12, columns 353a–360b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 563a
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