شلغم

Persian

شلغم

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܫܠܓܡܐ, an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

  1. turnip

Inflection

Descendants

  • Arabic: شلجم (šaljam), سلجم (saljam), شلغم (šalğam)
    • Ottoman Turkish: شلجم (şelcem)
  • Azerbaijani: şalğam
  • Assamese: চালগোম (salgüm)
  • Bashkir: шалҡан (šalqan)
  • Bengali: শালগম (śalgôm)
  • Middle Armenian: շաղգամ (šałgam), շողգամ (šołgam)
  • Northern Kurdish: şêlim
  • Ottoman Turkish: شلغم (şelgam)
    • Turkish: şalgam, şalğam
    • Armenian: շալղամ (šalłam)
    • Greek: σαλγάμι (salgámi)
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ਲਗਮ (śalgam)
  • Turkmen: şalgam
  • Urdu: شلغم (šalğam)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), շաղգամ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd 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
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