حلبة

Arabic

حُلْبَة

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܚܠܒܬܐ, Hebrew חִלְבָּה (ḥilbā́), also of this meaning. Compare also the spurge-name حُلَّب (ḥullab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħul.ba/
  • (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /ħal.ba/, /ħul.ba/
  • (North Levantine) IPA^(key): /ħil.ba/, /ħil.be/

Noun

حُلْبَة • (ḥulba) f

1. fenugreek

Declension

Declension of noun حُلْبَة (ḥulba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حُلْبَة ḥulba	الْحُلْبَة al-ḥulba	حُلْبَة ḥulbat
Nominative	حُلْبَةٌ ḥulbatun	الْحُلْبَةُ al-ḥulbatu	حُلْبَةُ ḥulbatu
Accusative	حُلْبَةً ḥulbatan	الْحُلْبَةَ al-ḥulbata	حُلْبَةَ ḥulbata
Genitive	حُلْبَةٍ ḥulbatin	الْحُلْبَةِ al-ḥulbati	حُلْبَةِ ḥulbati

Descendants

• Maltese: ħelba
• → Middle Armenian: հուլպայ (hulpay), հուլբայ (hulbay)
  • Armenian: հուլպա (hulpa)
• → Catalan: alfolba
• → Chinese: 胡蘆巴 / 胡芦巴 (húlúbā)
• → Galician: alforfa
• → Georgian: ულბო (ulbo)
• → Persian: حلبه (holbe)
• → Portuguese: alforba, alforva, alfarva, alforfa
• → Spanish: alholva, albolba (archaic)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حلبت (hulbet), حلبه (hulbe)
• → Tamil: உலுவம் (uluvam)
• → Kodava: ಉಲುವೆ (uluve)
• → Malayalam: ഉലുവ (uluva)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հուլպայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 121a
• Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎^[1], 2nd edition, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 113
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 475–481
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حلبة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 287