mahlab

See also: Mahlab

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• 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)