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سحلية

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root consonants س ح ل (s-ḥ-l), but that forms meanings related to “scraping off”. Left unmentioned by Classical Arabic dictionaries. Only used in the Mashreq, as opposed to Berber-borrowed زَلْمُومِيَّة (zalmūmiyya), زَرْمُومِيَّة (zarmūmiyya) ruling the Maghreb, in addition to Levantine حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn). Apparently traditional Arabic lizard names are just ضَبّ (ḍabb) and عَظَاءَة (ʕaẓāʔa), while سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya) is another Aramaic term terminating in -īṯā, see حِسْل (ḥisl, young of a spiny-tailed lizard).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyyaf (plural سَحَالٍ (saḥālin))

  1. lizard

Declension

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References

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  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 361–363
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سحلية (saḥliyyaf (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

  1. lizard

See also

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Noun

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سحلية (saḥliyyef (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

  1. lizard