جلجلان

Arabic

Etymology

From جَلْجَلَ (jaljala, “to rattle”) for the fruits of Savignya parviflora, foreboding high summer, dance and shake when ripe and dry – if the verb is not from the plant. The name for this plant also bears the forms قُلْقُلَان (qulqulān), قُلَيْقِلَان (qulayqilān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒuldʒulaːn/

Noun

جُلْجُلان or جِلْجِلَان • (juljulān or jiljilān) m

1. Savignya parviflora
2. sesame

Declension

Declension of noun جُلْجُلان (juljulān)‎; جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان juljulān‎; jiljilān	الْجُلْجُلان‎; الْجِلْجِلَان al-juljulān‎; al-jiljilān	جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان juljulān‎; jiljilān
Nominative	جُلْجُلانٌ‎; جِلْجِلَانٌ juljulānun‎; jiljilānun	الْجُلْجُلانُ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانُ al-juljulānu‎; al-jiljilānu	جُلْجُلانُ‎; جِلْجِلَانُ juljulānu‎; jiljilānu
Accusative	جُلْجُلانًا‎; جِلْجِلَانًا juljulānan‎; jiljilānan	الْجُلْجُلانَ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانَ al-juljulāna‎; al-jiljilāna	جُلْجُلانَ‎; جِلْجِلَانَ juljulāna‎; jiljilāna
Genitive	جُلْجُلانٍ‎; جِلْجِلَانٍ juljulānin‎; jiljilānin	الْجُلْجُلانِ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانِ al-juljulāni‎; al-jiljilāni	جُلْجُلانِ‎; جِلْجِلَانِ juljulāni‎; jiljilāni

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: زنجلان (zanjlān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi:

  Urdu:

  • → English: gingelly
• → Marathi:
• → Portuguese: gergelim
• → Sicilian: ciciulena, ciuciulena, giurgiulena, giggiulena, giuggiulena
• → Spanish: ajonjolí

References

• Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 291
• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 273–274

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Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒəlʒlaːn/

Noun

جلجلان (jəljlān) m

1. sesame seed