خروب

Arabic

خَرُّوب

Alternative forms

خَرْنُوب (ḵarnūb), خُرْنُوب (ḵurnūb)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חַרּוּבָא / ܚܲܪܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ (ḥarrūḇā, “carob”), from Akkadian 𒄩𒊒𒉿 (/⁠ḫarūbu⁠/, “carob”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xar.ruːb/

Noun

خَرُّوب • (ḵarrūb) m (collective, singulative خَرُّوبَة f (ḵarrūba))

carob (fruit and tree of Ceratonia siliqua L.)

Declension

Declension of noun خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb)

Collective	basic collective triptote
Collective	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb	الْخَرُّوب al-ḵarrūb	خَرُّوب ḵarrūb
Nominative	خَرُّوبٌ ḵarrūbun	الْخَرُّوبُ al-ḵarrūbu	خَرُّوبُ ḵarrūbu
Accusative	خَرُّوبًا ḵarrūban	الْخَرُّوبَ al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَ ḵarrūba
Genitive	خَرُّوبٍ ḵarrūbin	الْخَرُّوبِ al-ḵarrūbi	خَرُّوبِ ḵarrūbi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singulative	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūba	الْخَرُّوبَة al-ḵarrūba	خَرُّوبَة ḵarrūbat
Nominative	خَرُّوبَةٌ ḵarrūbatun	الْخَرُّوبَةُ al-ḵarrūbatu	خَرُّوبَةُ ḵarrūbatu
Accusative	خَرُّوبَةً ḵarrūbatan	الْخَرُّوبَةَ al-ḵarrūbata	خَرُّوبَةَ ḵarrūbata
Genitive	خَرُّوبَةٍ ḵarrūbatin	الْخَرُّوبَةِ al-ḵarrūbati	خَرُّوبَةِ ḵarrūbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَتَيْن ḵarrūbatayn	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْن al-ḵarrūbatayn	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Nominative	خَرُّوبَتَانِ ḵarrūbatāni	الْخَرُّوبَتَانِ al-ḵarrūbatāni	خَرُّوبَتَا ḵarrūbatā
Accusative	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Genitive	خَرُّوبَتَيْنِ ḵarrūbatayni	الْخَرُّوبَتَيْنِ al-ḵarrūbatayni	خَرُّوبَتَيْ ḵarrūbatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
Paucal (3-10)	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt	الْخَرُّوبَات al-ḵarrūbāt	خَرُّوبَات ḵarrūbāt
Nominative	خَرُّوبَاتٌ ḵarrūbātun	الْخَرُّوبَاتُ al-ḵarrūbātu	خَرُّوبَاتُ ḵarrūbātu
Accusative	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti
Genitive	خَرُّوبَاتٍ ḵarrūbātin	الْخَرُّوبَاتِ al-ḵarrūbāti	خَرُّوبَاتِ ḵarrūbāti

Derived terms

خَرُّوب هِنْدِيّ (ḵarrūb hindiyy, “= خِيَار شَنْبَر (ḵiyār šanbar)”)

Descendants

Maltese: ħarrub
→ Ottoman Turkish: خروب (harup)
- Turkish: harup
- → Greek: χαρούπι (charoúpi)

References

Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 141
Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 393–407
Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 481

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