شلجم

Arabic

شَلْجَم

Alternative forms

• سَلْجَم (saljam), شَلْغَم (šalḡam), ثَلْجَم (ṯaljam)

Etymology

From Persian شلغم (šalğam), ultimately from Ancient Greek σικελικόν (sikelikón, literally “the Sicilian one”); doublet of سِلْق (silq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃal.d͡ʒam/

Noun

شَلْجَم • (šaljam) m

1. turnip (Brassica rapa)
2. rape, rutabaga (Brassica napus)
3. (geometry) parabola

Declension

Declension of noun شَلْجَم (šaljam)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَلْجَم šaljam	الشَّلْجَم aš-šaljam	شَلْجَم šaljam
Nominative	شَلْجَمٌ šaljamun	الشَّلْجَمُ aš-šaljamu	شَلْجَمُ šaljamu
Accusative	شَلْجَمًا šaljaman	الشَّلْجَمَ aš-šaljama	شَلْجَمَ šaljama
Genitive	شَلْجَمٍ šaljamin	الشَّلْجَمِ aš-šaljami	شَلْجَمِ šaljami

Derived terms

• شَلْجَمِيّ (šaljamiyy, “parabolic”)

Descendants

• → Galician: acelga
• → Gujarati: શલજમ (śaljam)
• → Middle Armenian: շալճամ (šalčam), սալճամ (salčam)
• → Portuguese: acelga
• → Spanish: acelga
• → Ottoman Turkish: شلجم (şelcem)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833) “شلجم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 446
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 346–352