حرنكش

Arabic

حَرَنْكَش

Etymology

A disguised حَشِيش حَرَام (ḥašīš ḥarām) in the Egyptian Arabic drug slang language لغة السين (luġit is-sīn), apparently originally meaning a resemblant psychoactive plant, which can be Withania somnifera of the same tribe Physaleae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ran.kaʃ/

Noun

حَرَنْكَش • (ḥarankaš) m

1. Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana and Physalis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš	الْحَرَنْكَش al-ḥarankaš	حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš
nominative	حَرَنْكَشٌ ḥarankašun	الْحَرَنْكَشُ al-ḥarankašu	حَرَنْكَشُ ḥarankašu
accusative	حَرَنْكَشًا ḥarankašan	الْحَرَنْكَشَ al-ḥarankaša	حَرَنْكَشَ ḥarankaša
genitive	حَرَنْكَشٍ ḥarankašin	الْحَرَنْكَشِ al-ḥarankaši	حَرَنْكَشِ ḥarankaši

Further reading

• Martirossian, Tatevik (2013), Raketten van amber – Een etymologisch onderzoek van Egyptisch drugs slang‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, pages 61–63