سحلب

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See also: سجلت

Arabic

سَحْلَب
 سحلب on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

Allegedly a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, fox testicles) for the root tubers’ looking like testicles.

Pronunciation

Noun

سَحْلَب (saḥlabm

  1. Orchis gen.
  2. the starch of the bulbs of Orchis gen., salep
  3. a drink made from milk thickened with salep, sweetened, and usually flavored with rosewater or orange blossom water

Declension

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 600
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سحلب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557