scharlakan

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse skarlak, which came via Middle Low German [Term?] from Medieval Latin scarlatum, probably from Arabic سِقِرْلَاط (siqirlāṭ), a variant of سِقِلّاط (siqillāṭ, “scarlet cloth”).

Noun

scharlakan n

1. scarlet (color)

   Synonym: (more common) scharlakansrött

2. a scarlet (cloth of scarlet color)

Declension

Declension of scharlakan

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	scharlakan	scharlakans
	definite	scharlakanet	scharlakanets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• scharlakansfeber
• scharlakansröd

References

• scharlakan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• scharlakan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• scharlakan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)