mahlab

See also: Mahlab

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• mahaleb

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic مَحْلَب‏ (maḥlab, “mahaleb cherry”), from حَلَبَ‏ (ḥalaba, “to milk”)

NounEdit

mahlab (uncountable)

1. An aromatic spice made from the stones of a certain species of cherry, Prunus mahaleb.

TranslationsEdit

aromatic spice made from cherry stones

• Arabic: مَحْلَب‏‎ m (maḥlab)
• Armenian: մահլաբ (mahlab)
• Danish: weichseltræ n
• Dutch: weichselboom m
• Finnish: veikselinkirsikka
• French: mahaleb (fr) m

• German: Mahlab m
• Greek: μαχλέπι (el) n (machlépi)
• Hebrew: מהלב‏‎
• Russian: махля́б m (maxljáb)
• Turkish: mahlep (tr)