خروب
Arabic
Alternative forms
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
| collective | basic collective triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: alfarroba, algarava
- → 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[1] (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, →ISBN, page 481