أملج

Arabic
أَمْلَج

Etymology

Via Middle Persian (from which Classical Persian آمله‎ (âmula)) from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka), आमलकी (āmalakī) of this meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʔam.lad͡ʒ/

Noun

أَمْلَج • (ʔamlaj) m

  1. tree or fruit of Phyllanthus emblica, emblic myrobalan or emblic
    • 1025, ابن سينا (Avicenna), القانون في الطب‎ [Canon Medicinae]:
      ‏إن السك الأصلي هو الصيني المتخذ من الأملج والآن لما عز ذلك فقد يتخذونه من العفص والبلح على نحو عمل الرامك‏.‏ الطبع‏:‏ الساذج منه حار في الأولى يابس في الثانية وللطيب حار يابس في الثالثة‏.‏‎
      The original sukk is Chinese and is made from emblic and when that is hard to get then they take oak gall and dates prepared like rāmik. Its nature: The simple form of it is hot in the first grade, dry in the second grade and as for the scent hot and dry in the third grade.
    Coordinate terms: هَلِيلَج‎ (halīlaj), بَلِيلَج‎ (balīlaj)
    Holonym: إِطْرِيفَل‎ (ʔiṭrīfal)

Declension
Declension of noun أَمْلَج (ʔamlaj)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَمْلَج
ʔamlaj		 الْأَمْلَج‎
al-ʔamlaj		 أَمْلَج
ʔamlaj
Nominative أَمْلَجٌ
ʔamlajun		 الْأَمْلَجُ‎
al-ʔamlaju		 أَمْلَجُ
ʔamlaju
Accusative أَمْلَجًا‎
ʔamlajan		 الْأَمْلَجَ‎
al-ʔamlaja		 أَمْلَجَ
ʔamlaja
Genitive أَمْلَجٍ
ʔamlajin		 الْأَمْلَجِ‎
al-ʔamlaji		 أَمْلَجِ
ʔamlaji

Descendants
  • → Medieval Latin: emblicus, emblica
    • → English: emblic
    • → French: emblique
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