أملج

Arabic
أَمْلَج

Alternative forms
  • أَمْلِيج (ʔamlīj), أَمْلِيك (ʔamlīk)

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
    Holonym: إِطْرِيفَل (ʔiṭrīfal)
    Coordinate terms: هَلِيلَج (halīlaj), بَلِيلَج (balīlaj)
    • 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.

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
  • → Old Catalan: amblic, emblichs
  • → Medieval Latin: emblicus, emblica, emleg
    • → Old Catalan: ambliçi
    • → English: emblic
    • → French: emblique
    • → Italian: emblico
    • → Spanish: emblico
  • → Mozarabic: اُمِيلْيُو
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