كلكلانج
Arabic
Alternative forms
- كَلانَج (kalānaj), جَلْكَلَانَج (jalkalānaj)
Etymology
Probably via Middle Persian from Sanskrit *कल्क-कल्याणक (kalka-kalyāṇaka, literally “prosperous oily sediment, good unguent or paste”), or just कल्याणक (kalyāṇaka, “prosperous”) which by itself already denotes an electuary oil, or जलकरङ्क (jalakaraṅka, “coconut”), where करङ्क (karaṅka, “skeleton, skull; the mere shell of coconut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal.ka.laː.nad͡ʒ/
Noun
كَلْكَلَانَج • (kalkalānaj) m
- (obsolete) the oil of the coconut, used for medical treatments as an electuary
- Synonym: دُهْن النَارَجِيل (duhn an-nārajīl)
- a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, , →ISBN, 230 (fol. 22v,3), page 420:
- دهن الكلانج هو دهن الجوز الهندي.
- Oil of cocoanut is the oil of coconut.
Declension
Declension of noun كَلْكَلَانَج (kalkalānaj)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj |
الْكَلْكَلَانَج al-kalkalānaj |
كَلْكَلَانَج kalkalānaj |
| Nominative | كَلْكَلَانَجٌ kalkalānajun |
الْكَلْكَلَانَجُ al-kalkalānaju |
كَلْكَلَانَجُ kalkalānaju |
| Accusative | كَلْكَلَانَجًا kalkalānajan |
الْكَلْكَلَانَجَ al-kalkalānaja |
كَلْكَلَانَجَ kalkalānaja |
| Genitive | كَلْكَلَانَجٍ kalkalānajin |
الْكَلْكَلَانَجِ al-kalkalānaji |
كَلْكَلَانَجِ kalkalānaji |
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