Arabic edit

 
جلاهق

Etymology edit

From the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian جولاهک (jūlāhak).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.laː.hiq/, /d͡ʒa.laː.hiq/

Noun edit

جُلَاهِق or جَلَاهِق (julāhiq or jalāhiqm (plural جُلَاهِقَات (julāhiqāt) or جَلَاهِقَات (jalāhiqāt)) (obsolete)

  1. a reel or ball of thread
  2. bullets for shooting by means of a sling or crossbow, projectiles
    Synonyms: رَصَاص (raṣāṣ), گُلَل (gulal), بُنْدُق (bunduq)
  3. ellipsis of قَوْس جُلَاهِق (qaws julāhiq), crossbow

Declension edit

Quotations edit

  • 622, an occurrence reported inter alia by the Tafsīr of al-Māwardīy and that of Ibn Abī ad-Dunyā to Qurʔān 29:29 (Al-ʕAnkabūt):
    ولعب الحمام والجلاهق والسحاق وحل أزرار القباء
    And one played with pigeons, threads, rubbing and unfastening buttons from the cloak

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