ሺላን

Tigre

Etymology

Postalveolarized by palatalization from the form reflected in Ge'ez ሲላን (silan), from Ancient Greek σέλινον (sélinon).

Noun

ሺላን • (šilan)

  1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

References
  • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ሺላን”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 205b
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