خلنج
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Arabic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian خلنگ (xalang, “heather”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
خَلَنْج • (ḵalanj) m
- heather, various Ericeae plants
- c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān[1]:
- 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[edit]
Declension of noun خَلَنْج (ḵalanj)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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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[edit]
- Frähn, Christian Martin (1823) Ibn-Foszlan's und anderer Araber Berichte über die Russen älterer Zeit[2], Saint Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 107–109