كلكلانج

Arabic

Alternative forms

• كَلانَج (kalānaj), جَلْكَلَانَج (jalkalānaj)

Etymology

Probably via Middle Persian from Sanskrit *कल्क-कल्याणक (kalka-kalyāṇaka, literally “prosperous oily sediment, good unguent or paste”), or just कल्याणक (kalyāṇaka, “prosperous”) which by itself already denotes an electuary oil, or जलकरङ्क (jalakaraṅka, “coconut”), where करङ्क (karaṅka, “skeleton, skull; the mere shell of coconut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal.ka.laː.nad͡ʒ/

Noun

كَلْكَلَانَج • (kalkalānaj) m

1. (obsolete) the oil of the coconut, used for medical treatments as an electuary

   Synonym: دُهْن النَارَجِيل (duhn an-nārajīl)

   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 230 (fol. 22v,3), page 420:

     دهن الكلانج هو دهن الجوز الهندي.

     Oil of cocoanut is the oil of coconut.

Declension

Declension of noun كَلْكَلَانَج (kalkalānaj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj	الْكَلْكَلَانَج al-kalkalānaj	كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj
Nominative	كَلْكَلَانَجٌ kalkalānajun	الْكَلْكَلَانَجُ al-kalkalānaju	كَلْكَلَانَجُ kalkalānaju
Accusative	كَلْكَلَانَجًا kalkalānajan	الْكَلْكَلَانَجَ al-kalkalānaja	كَلْكَلَانَجَ kalkalānaja
Genitive	كَلْكَلَانَجٍ kalkalānajin	الْكَلْكَلَانَجِ al-kalkalānaji	كَلْكَلَانَجِ kalkalānaji