عسقلان
Arabic Edit
Etymology Edit
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The shallot-sense is presumably a semantic loan from Spanish escaloña, escalonia, or Medieval Latin escalōnia, going back to Classical Latin ascalōnia (cēpa) the Romans called the plant after its abundant occurrence around the Palestinian town nicknamed in Ancient Greek Κρομμύων πολις (Krommúōn polis, literally “Onion City”), also retained in Old French eschaloigne and Italian scalogno – while the myth persists that the cultivar spread to Western Europe only by the first Crusades –, otherwise Arabs had no reason to call the plant precisely like the Romans.
Pronunciation Edit
Proper noun Edit
عَسْقَلَان • (ʕasqalān) f
Declension Edit
Declension of noun عَسْقَلَان (ʕasqalān)
Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَسْقَلَان ʕasqalān |
الْعَسْقَلَان al-ʕasqalān |
عَسْقَلَان ʕasqalān |
Nominative | عَسْقَلَانُ ʕasqalānu |
الْعَسْقَلَانُ al-ʕasqalānu |
عَسْقَلَانُ ʕasqalānu |
Accusative | عَسْقَلَانَ ʕasqalāna |
الْعَسْقَلَانَ al-ʕasqalāna |
عَسْقَلَانَ ʕasqalāna |
Genitive | عَسْقَلَانَ ʕasqalāna |
الْعَسْقَلَانِ al-ʕasqalāni |
عَسْقَلَانِ ʕasqalāni |
Noun Edit
عَسْقَلَان • (ʕasqalān) m
- (al-Andalus) shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ibn al-Bayṭār to this entry?)
Declension Edit
Declension of noun عَسْقَلَان (ʕasqalān)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | عَسْقَلَان ʕasqalān |
الْعَسْقَلَان al-ʕasqalān |
عَسْقَلَان ʕasqalān |
Nominative | عَسْقَلَانٌ ʕasqalānun |
الْعَسْقَلَانُ al-ʕasqalānu |
عَسْقَلَانُ ʕasqalānu |
Accusative | عَسْقَلَانًا ʕasqalānan |
الْعَسْقَلَانَ al-ʕasqalāna |
عَسْقَلَانَ ʕasqalāna |
Genitive | عَسْقَلَانٍ ʕasqalānin |
الْعَسْقَلَانِ al-ʕasqalāni |
عَسْقَلَانِ ʕasqalāni |
Alternative forms Edit
- بَصَل عَسْقَلَانِيّ (baṣal ʕasqalāniyy)