سحلب

See also: سجلت

Arabic

سَحْلَب

Etymology

Allegedly a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) for the root tubers’ looking like testicles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saħ.lab/

Noun

سَحْلَب • (saḥlab) m

1. Orchis gen.
2. the starch of the bulbs of Orchis gen., salep
3. a drink made from milk thickened with salep, sweetened, and usually flavored with rosewater or orange blossom water

Declension

Declension of noun سَحْلَب (saḥlab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَحْلَب saḥlab	السَّحْلَب as-saḥlab	سَحْلَب saḥlab
Nominative	سَحْلَبٌ saḥlabun	السَّحْلَبُ as-saḥlabu	سَحْلَبُ saḥlabu
Accusative	سَحْلَبًا saḥlaban	السَّحْلَبَ as-saḥlaba	سَحْلَبَ saḥlaba
Genitive	سَحْلَبٍ saḥlabin	السَّحْلَبِ as-saḥlabi	سَحْلَبِ saḥlabi

References

• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 600
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “سحلب”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 557