قلقطار

Arabic

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܟܠܩܝܛܪܝܢ (/⁠*kalqiṭārīn⁠/), from Byzantine Greek χαλκιτάριν (khalkitárin), χαλκητάριον (khalkētárion), from classical χαλκάνθη (khalkánthē), χάλκανθον (khálkanthon), χάλκανθος (khálkanthos, “blue vitriol”), derived from χαλκός (khalkós, “copper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qal.qa.tˤaːr/

Noun

قَلْقَطَار • (qalqaṭār) m

1. (inorganic chemistry) green vitriol, iron(II) sulfate, copperas

Declension

Declension of noun قَلْقَطَار (qalqaṭār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْقَطَار qalqaṭār	الْقَلْقَطَار al-qalqaṭār	قَلْقَطَار qalqaṭār
Nominative	قَلْقَطَارٌ qalqaṭārun	الْقَلْقَطَارُ al-qalqaṭāru	قَلْقَطَارُ qalqaṭāru
Accusative	قَلْقَطَارًا qalqaṭāran	الْقَلْقَطَارَ al-qalqaṭāra	قَلْقَطَارَ qalqaṭāra
Genitive	قَلْقَطَارٍ qalqaṭārin	الْقَلْقَطَارِ al-qalqaṭāri	قَلْقَطَارِ qalqaṭāri

References

• “klqyṭryn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْقَطَار (qalqaṭār).

Noun

قلقطار • (kalkatar)

1. (inorganic chemistry) copperas

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلقطار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1469