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أَمْلَج
 
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Via Middle Persian (from which Classical Persian آمله (âmula)) from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka), आमलकी (āmalakī) of this meaning.

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أَمْلَج (ʔamlajm

  1. tree or fruit of Phyllanthus emblica, emblic myrobalan or emblic
    Holonym: إِطْرِيفَل (ʔiṭrīfal)
    Coordinate terms: هَلِيلَج (halīlaj), بَلِيلَج (balīlaj)
    • 1025, ابن سينا [Avicenna], القانون في الطب [Canon Medicinae]:
      إن السك الأصلي هو الصيني المتخذ من الأملج والآن لما عز ذلك فقد يتخذونه من العفص والبلح على نحو عمل الرامك‏.‏ الطبع‏:‏ الساذج منه حار في الأولى يابس في الثانية وللطيب حار يابس في الثالثة‏.‏
      The original sukk is Chinese and is made from emblic and when that is hard to get then they take oak gall and dates prepared like rāmik. Its nature: The simple form of it is hot in the first grade, dry in the second grade and as for the scent hot and dry in the third grade.

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