شلغم

Persian

شلغم

Alternative forms

  • شملغ (šamlağ)
  • شملخ (šamlax)
  • شلم (šalam)

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικον (sikelikon, literally the Sicilian one), possibly with a predecessor Middle Persian SLQ (/*šalgam/). Cognates with Classical Syriac ܣܠܩܐ (silqā, selqā), Aramaic סילקא, Neo-Babylonian 𒌑𒋛𒅋𒋡 (/silqu/), Arabic سِلْق (silq), Arabic شَلْجَم (šaljam), Russian свёкла (svjókla), and Ancient Greek σεῦκλον (seûklon).

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian شلغم
Iranian Persian شلغم
Tajiki Persian шалғам (šalġam)

شلغم (šalğam) (plural شلغم‌ها (šalğam-hâ))

  1. turnip

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շաղգամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 489b
  • Cabolov, R. L. (2010) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 311
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 346–352
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