salep

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic خُصَى (ḵuṣā)

Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-

Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab)

Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab)bor.

Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep)

Turkish salepbor.

French salepbor.

English salep

Borrowed from French salep, borrowed from Turkish salep, from Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep), borrowed from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab), from خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab), from خُصَى (ḵuṣā) + ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), literally “fox testicles”.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæləp/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lep
• Homophone: Salop

Noun

salep (countable and uncountable, plural saleps)

1. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids (Orchis mascula).
   • 1800, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect. XI. Of Draining and Watering Lands.”, in Phytologia: Or The Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 108, Grafton-Street, →OCLC, section XI.2.4.5, page 245:

     Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 213:

     In Turkey, Iran, and Syria salep is popular as a restorative and also as a provocative to amatory activity.

   • 2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22:

     The tubers of one [orchid] species, Orchis mascula, produce a flour called salep, which was made into a drink known as "saloop" in 18th-century London, as an alternative to coffee (Charles Lamb thought it the ideal breakfast for chimney sweeps). Salep is a Turkish word with an even more precise derivation (it's from the Arabic for "fox's testicles"). Despite this, the Turks still use it to make a strange elastic ice cream, eaten with a knife and fork, which carries a pungent aftertaste compared by one commentator to the scent of "goats on a rainy day". Salep ice cream is so popular that O. mascula is now a protected species in Turkey.

2. Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”).

Alternative forms

• saleb, saloop, salop

Translations

a starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as early-purple orchids

• Polish: salep m
• Spanish: salep m

aromatic drink originally made with salep

• Albanian: salep (sq) m
• Arabic: سَحْلَب m (saḥlab)
• Armenian: սալեպ (hy) (salep)
• Bulgarian: сале́п m (salép)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭莖粉 / 兰茎粉

• Georgian: სალეპი (saleṗi)
• Greek: σαλέπι (el) n (salépi)
• Hebrew: סַחְלָב (he) m (sakhláv)
• Japanese: サレップ (sareppu)
• Korean: 살렙 (sallep)
• Macedonian: салеп m (salep)
• Polish: salep m
• Romanian: salep (ro) n
• Russian: са́леп (ru) m (sálep)
• Turkish: salep (tr)
• Ukrainian: са́леп m (sálep)

References

• “salep”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• salep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, sepal, spale

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic خُصَى (ḵuṣā)

Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-

Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab)

Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab)bor.

Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep)

Turkish salepbor.

French salep

Borrowed from Turkish salep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lɛp/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

salep m (plural saleps)

1. salep

Further reading

• “salep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zalf, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaləp̚]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lêp

Noun

salep (plural salep-salep)

1. ointment

Alternative forms

• salap (Standard Malay)

Affixed terms

• menyalep

Compounds

• salep antibiotik
• salep antijamur
• salep antivirus
• salep bibir

Further reading

• “salep”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سالب (saleb), سحلب (sahleb), from Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”).

Noun

salep n (plural salepuri)

1. salep

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salep	salepul	salepuri	salepurile
genitive-dative	salep	salepului	salepuri	salepurilor
vocative	salepule		salepurilor

Turkish

Alternative forms

• sahlep

Salep plant.

Salep drink.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic خُصَى (ḵuṣā)

Proto-Semitic *ṯaʕlab-

Arabic ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab)

Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab)

Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab)bor.

Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep)

Turkish salep

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep), borrowed from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab), from خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab), from خُصَى (ḵuṣā) + ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab), literally “fox testicles”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈlep/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lep

Noun

salep (definite accusative salebi, plural salepler)

1. (botany) Orchis mascula, early purple orchid, early spring orchis.
2. The white powder acquired by grinding the tubers of this plant.
3. The drink made by mixing the powder with sweetened milk or water.

Declension

Declension of salep

singular plural nominative salep salepler definite accusative salebi salepleri dative salebe saleplere locative salepte saleplerde ablative salepten saleplerden genitive salebin saleplerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular salebim saleplerim 2nd singular salebin saleplerin 3rd singular salebi salepleri 1st plural salebimiz saleplerimiz 2nd plural salebiniz salepleriniz 3rd plural salepleri salepleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular salebimi saleplerimi 2nd singular salebini saleplerini 3rd singular salebini saleplerini 1st plural salebimizi saleplerimizi 2nd plural salebinizi saleplerinizi 3rd plural saleplerini saleplerini dative singular plural 1st singular salebime saleplerime 2nd singular salebine saleplerine 3rd singular salebine saleplerine 1st plural salebimize saleplerimize 2nd plural salebinize saleplerinize 3rd plural saleplerine saleplerine locative singular plural 1st singular salebimde saleplerimde 2nd singular salebinde saleplerinde 3rd singular salebinde saleplerinde 1st plural salebimizde saleplerimizde 2nd plural salebinizde saleplerinizde 3rd plural saleplerinde saleplerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular salebimden saleplerimden 2nd singular salebinden saleplerinden 3rd singular salebinden saleplerinden 1st plural salebimizden saleplerimizden 2nd plural salebinizden saleplerinizden 3rd plural saleplerinden saleplerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular salebimin saleplerimin 2nd singular salebinin saleplerinin 3rd singular salebinin saleplerinin 1st plural salebimizin saleplerimizin 2nd plural salebinizin saleplerinizin 3rd plural saleplerinin saleplerinin

Derived terms

• salepçi
• salepgiller

See also

• ayran
• boza
• kefir
• şalgam suyu
• şerbet

Further reading

• “salep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “salep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4038