فلاتج

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian, whence Classical Persian فلاته (filāta, fulāta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.laː.tad͡ʒ/

Noun

فَلَاتَج • (falātaj) m (obsolete)

1. A sweetmeat manufactured from molasses (دِبْس (dibs)) into which milk (حَلِيب (ḥalīb)) and nuts (جَوْز (jawz), لَوْز (lawz), فُسْتُق (fustuq)) are cooked, synonym of مُلَبَّن (mulabban)
   • a. 767, فخر الدين قاضيخان, فتاوى‎^[1], in the Hanafite tradition:

     حَلَفَ أَنْ لَا يَأْكُلَ مِن هٰذَا الْكَرَمِ فَأْكُلَ مِنْ عَصِيرِهِ أَوْ خَلِّهِ أَوْ رُبِّهِ أَوْ فَلَاتَجِهِ أَوْ مَا أَشْبَهَ ذٰلِكَ لَا يَكُونُ حَانِثًا وَلَوْ أَكَلَ مِنْ عِنَبِهِ أَوْ زَبِيبِهِ أَوْ خَوْخِهِ أَوْ كُمَّثْرَاهُ يَابِسًا أَوْ غُيْرُ يَابِسٍ كَانَ حَانِثًا

     ḥalafa ʔan lā yaʔkula min hāḏā l-karami faʔkula min ʕaṣīri-hī ʔaw ḵalli-hī ʔaw rubbi-hī ʔaw falātaji-hī ʔaw mā ʔašbaha ḏālika lā yakūnu ḥāniṯan walaw ʔakala min ʕinabi-hī ʔaw zabībi-hī ʔaw ḵawḵi-hī ʔaw kummaṯrā-hu yābisan ʔaw ḡuyru yābisin kāna ḥāniṯan

     He swore that he eats not from the vineyard and his juice or vinegar or mash or sweetmeat or similar, in compliance with his commitment, and if he were to eat wineberries or raisins or prunes or dried pears or other dried fruits it would breach

Declension

Declension of noun فَلَاتَج (falātaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَاتَج falātaj	الْفَلَاتَج al-falātaj	فَلَاتَج falātaj
Nominative	فَلَاتَجٌ falātajun	الْفَلَاتَجُ al-falātaju	فَلَاتَجُ falātaju
Accusative	فَلَاتَجًا falātajan	الْفَلَاتَجَ al-falātaja	فَلَاتَجَ falātaja
Genitive	فَلَاتَجٍ falātajin	الْفَلَاتَجِ al-falātaji	فَلَاتَجِ falātaji

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “فلاتج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 368a
• S̲h̲er, Addaï (1908) كتاب الالفاظ الفارسية المعرَّبة (in Arabic), Bayrūt: المطبعة الكاثوليكية للاباء اليسوعيين, page 120