فلج

Arabic

Root
ف ل ج (f-l-j)

Etymology

Verbal noun of فُلِجَ‎ (fulija).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fa.lad͡ʒ/

Noun

فَلَج‎ • (falaj) m (plural فُلُوج (fulūj))

  1. verbal noun of فُلِجَ‎ (fulija) (form I)
  2. (dentistry) diastema
  3. a small river

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: fəlc
  • Persian: فلج
  • Ottoman Turkish: فلج (felç)
  • Uzbek: falaj

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic [Term?].

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? falj
Iranian reading? falaj

Noun

فلج • (falaj)

  1. paralysis, palsy

Derived terms

Adjective

فلج • (falaj)

  1. paralyzed, paralysed

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فلج”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
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