tulp

From Dutch tulp.

tulp (plural tulpe)

1. tulip

Borrowed from Middle French tulipe, from Turkish tülbent (“fine muslin, turban”), from Persian دلبند (dolband, “turban”). Doublet of tulband.

• IPA^(key): /tʏlp/

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• Hyphenation: tulp
• Rhymes: -ʏlp

tulp f (plural tulpen, diminutive tulpje n)

1. a tulip, a plant of the genus Tulipa
2. a tulip, a flower of this plant

• tulpenbol
• tulpenmanie

• tulband

• Afrikaans: tulp
• → German: Tulpe (see there for further descendants)
• → Luxembourgish: Tulp, Tullep
• → Plautdietsch: Tulp

Borrowed from German Tulpe.

tulp (genitive tulbi, partitive tulpi)

1. tulip

From Old East Slavic стълбъ (stŭlbŭ), from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ.

tulp (genitive tulba, partitive tulpa)

1. post, pole
2. column, pillar (upright supporting structure)
3. column (vertical body of text)
4. column (vertical part of table or grid)