شلجم

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Arabic

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شَلْجَم

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Persian شلغم (šalğam), ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally the Sicilian one); doublet of سِلْق (silq).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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شَلْجَم (šaljamm

  1. turnip (Brassica rapa)
  2. rape, rutabaga (Brassica napus)
  3. (geometry) parabola

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: acelga
  • Gujarati: શલજમ (śaljam)
  • Middle Armenian: շալճամ (šalčam), սալճամ (salčam)
  • Portuguese: acelga
  • Spanish: acelga
  • Ottoman Turkish: شلجم (şelcem)

References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “شلجم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 446
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352