Arabic edit

قَطْلَب Arbutus unedo
 قطلب on Arabic Wikipedia

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܩܳܛܶܠ ܐܱܒܽܘܗ݇ܝ (qāṭel ʾăḇūy, strawberry tree, literally killer of his father).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قَطْلَب or قُطْلُب (qaṭlab or quṭlubm (collective, singulative قَطْلَبَة f (qaṭlaba) or قُطْلُبَة (quṭluba))

  1. strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo)
    Synonyms: قَيْقَبَان (qayqabān), قَيْقَب (qayqab), جَنَاء أَحْمَر (janāʔ ʔaḥmar)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ibn al-Bayṭār to this entry?)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of كتاب عمدة الطبيب في معرفة النبات لكل لبيب to this entry?)

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References edit

  • qṭl**ˀbwhy”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قطلب”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 377
  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حِنَّاء”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 423