سحلية

Arabic

Etymology

Root consonants س ح ل‎ (s-ḥ-l), but that forms meanings related to “scraping off”. Left unmentioned by Classical Arabic dictionaries. Only used in the Mashreq, as opposed to Berber-borrowed زَلْمُومِيَّة‎ (zalmūmiyya), زَرْمُومِيَّة‎ (zarmūmiyya) ruling the Maghreb, in addition to Levantine حِرْذَوْن‎ (ḥirḏawn). Apparently traditional Arabic lizard names are just ضَبّ‎ (ḍabb) and عَظَاءَة‎ (ʕaẓāʔa), while سِحْلِيَّة‎ (siḥliyya) is another Aramaic term terminating in -īṯā, see حِسْل‎ (ḥisl, “young of a spiny-tailed lizard”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siħ.lij.ja/

Noun

سِحْلِيَّة • (siḥliyya) f (plural سَحَالٍ‎ (saḥālin))

  1. lizard

Declension

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 361–363
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “سحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة‎ (siḥliyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saħlijːa/

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyya) f (plural سحالي‎ (saḥāli))

  1. lizard

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة‎ (siḥliyya).

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyye) f (plural سحالي‎ (saḥāli))

  1. lizard
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