خلنج

Arabic

خَلَنْج – Calluna vulgaris

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خلنگ (xalang, “heather”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.land͡ʒ/

Noun

خَلَنْج • (ḵalanj) m

1. heather, various Ericeae plants
   • c. 910, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqīh al-Hamaḏānī, Kitāb al-Buldān‎^[1]:

     وَلَهُمُ ٱلثِّيرَانُ ٱلْأَرْمِينِيَّةُ، وَٱلشَّاهْ بَلُّوطُ، وَٱلْخَلَنْجُ ٱلْكَثِيرُ، وَيَتَّخِذُونَ مِنْهُ عَجَائِبَ.

     walahumu ṯ-ṯīrānu l-ʔarmīniyyatu, waš-šāh ballūṭu, wal-ḵalanju l-kaṯīru, wayattaḵiḏūna minhu ʕajāʔiba.

     And they have Armenian apricot, chestnut, and much heather, and they obtain miracles from it.

Declension

Declension of noun خَلَنْج (ḵalanj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَلَنْج ḵalanj	الْخَلَنْج al-ḵalanj	خَلَنْج ḵalanj
Nominative	خَلَنْجٌ ḵalanjun	الْخَلَنْجُ al-ḵalanju	خَلَنْجُ ḵalanju
Accusative	خَلَنْجًا ḵalanjan	الْخَلَنْجَ al-ḵalanja	خَلَنْجَ ḵalanja
Genitive	خَلَنْجٍ ḵalanjin	الْخَلَنْجِ al-ḵalanji	خَلَنْجِ ḵalanji

References

• Frähn, Christian Martin (1823) Ibn-Foszlan's und anderer Araber Berichte über die Russen älterer Zeit‎^[2], Saint Petersburg: Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 107–109