قلقاس

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Arabic

قُلْقَاس‏‎
 قلقاس on Arabic Wikipedia

Etymology

From Hebrew קולקס, from Ancient Greek κολοκασία (kolokasía), from Egyptian [Term?].

Pronunciation

Noun

قُلْقَاس‏‎ (qulqāsm (collective, singulative قُلْقَاس‏َة‎ f (qulqāsa))

  1. Colocasia; taro

Declension

Descendants

  • French: koulkas
  • German: Kulkas, Culcas f (rare)
  • Latin: culcas, colcas
  • Spanish: alcolcaz

References

  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 218
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[2] (in German), volume 51, page 302