كولان

Arabic

Etymology

An Aramaic loanword, attested as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כולניתא (*kūlānīṯā, “a kind of papyrus reed”) and Punic 𐤊𐤋𐤌 (kūlūm, “common knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare”), regularly cognate to it by the Canaanite shift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuː.laːn/, /kaw.laːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

كُولَان or كَوْلَان • (kūlān or kawlān) m

1. desert papyrus (Cyperus conglomeratus)

   Synonyms: ثُدَّاء (ṯuddāʔ), ثَنْدَة (ṯanda), ثَنْدَا (ṯandā), ثَنْدَى (ṯandā), مُصَاص (muṣāṣ)

Declension

Declension of noun كُولَان (kūlān)‎; كَوْلَان (kawlān)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُولَان‎; كَوْلَان kūlān‎; kawlān	الْكُولَان‎; الْكَوْلَان al-kūlān‎; al-kawlān	كُولَان‎; كَوْلَان kūlān‎; kawlān
Nominative	كُولَانٌ‎; كَوْلَانٌ kūlānun‎; kawlānun	الْكُولَانُ‎; الْكَوْلَانُ al-kūlānu‎; al-kawlānu	كُولَانُ‎; كَوْلَانُ kūlānu‎; kawlānu
Accusative	كُولَانًا‎; كَوْلَانًا kūlānan‎; kawlānan	الْكُولَانَ‎; الْكَوْلَانَ al-kūlāna‎; al-kawlāna	كُولَانَ‎; كَوْلَانَ kūlāna‎; kawlāna
Genitive	كُولَانٍ‎; كَوْلَانٍ kūlānin‎; kawlānin	الْكُولَانِ‎; الْكَوْلَانِ al-kūlāni‎; al-kawlāni	كُولَانِ‎; كَوْلَانِ kūlāni‎; kawlāni

References

• “kwlnytˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 411
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 563–564
• Löw, Immanuel (1916) “Schachtelhalm und Schwaden”, in Orientalistische Literaturzeitung (in German), volume 19, number 12, columns 353a–360b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 563a