ζουλάπιν

Ancient Greek

From Arabic جُلَّاب (jullāb, “rosewater, julep”), itself from Persian (golâb, “rosewater”).^[1] The term (as ζουλάπιον) is attested already in the 8^th c. indicating a direct borrowing from Arabic rather than through Old Anatolian Turkish جلاب (cüllab).^[2]

ζουλάπιν • (zoulápin) n (genitive ζουλαπίου); second declension

(Byzantine) rosewater, medicinal julep
- c. 14th century CE, Johannes Zacharias Actuarius, Θεραπευτικὴ μέθοδος, volume 5, 17.113.1-2:
  ...καὶ σεράπιον ἢ ζουλάπιν τῇ βαρβάρῳ φωνῇ καλοῦμεν
  ...kaì serápion ḕ zoulápin têi barbárōi phōnêi kaloûmen
  ...and we call syrup or julep according to the barbarian language

^ ζουλάπιν - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
^ ζουλάπιον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften