جلجلان

Arabic

Etymology

From جَلْجَلَ (jaljala, “to rattle”) for the fruits of Savignya parviflora, foreboding high summer, dance and shake when ripe and dry – if the verb is not from the plant. The name for this plant also bears the forms قُلْقُلَان (qulqulān), قُلَيْقِلَان (qulayqilān). The meaning sesame however is already found in Sabaean 𐩴𐩡𐩴𐩡𐩬 (glgln).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒul.d͡ʒu.laːn/, /d͡ʒil.d͡ʒi.laːn/

Noun

جُلْجُلان or جِلْجِلَان • (juljulān or jiljilān) m

1. Savignya parviflora
2. sesame
3. achene (such as of a fig)
   • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) [Introducción a la corrección del lenguaje y la enseñanza de la elocuencia] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, page 321 Nr. 501:

     ويقولون لطرف التِّين البُجُّول. والصّواب الذَّنبُ. ويقال لما في جَوْفِهِ الْجُلْجُلَانُ. ويقال لِلَّبَنِ الذي يسيل منه إِذا كان أخضرَ النَّسَلُ.

     One calls a fig stalk bujjūl. The right is ḏanab. One says for what is in its inner juljulān. And the milk which flows from it when it is green nasal.

Declension

Declension of noun جُلْجُلان (juljulān)‎; جِلْجِلَان (jiljilān)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان juljulān‎; jiljilān	الْجُلْجُلان‎; الْجِلْجِلَان al-juljulān‎; al-jiljilān	جُلْجُلان‎; جِلْجِلَان juljulān‎; jiljilān
nominative	جُلْجُلانٌ‎; جِلْجِلَانٌ juljulānun‎; jiljilānun	الْجُلْجُلانُ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانُ al-juljulānu‎; al-jiljilānu	جُلْجُلانُ‎; جِلْجِلَانُ juljulānu‎; jiljilānu
accusative	جُلْجُلانًا‎; جِلْجِلَانًا juljulānan‎; jiljilānan	الْجُلْجُلانَ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانَ al-juljulāna‎; al-jiljilāna	جُلْجُلانَ‎; جِلْجِلَانَ juljulāna‎; jiljilāna
genitive	جُلْجُلانٍ‎; جِلْجِلَانٍ juljulānin‎; jiljilānin	الْجُلْجُلانِ‎; الْجِلْجِلَانِ al-juljulāni‎; al-jiljilāni	جُلْجُلانِ‎; جِلْجِلَانِ juljulāni‎; jiljilāni

Descendants

• Maltese: ġulġlien, ġunġlien, ġilġlien, ġinġlien, ġolġlien, ġonġlien
• Moroccan Arabic: زنجلان (zanjlān), زلجلان (zaljlān)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जलजलान (jaljalān)

  Urdu: جَلْجَلان (jaljalān)

  • → English: gingelly
• → Marathi:
• → Portuguese: gergelim
• → Sicilian: ciciulena, ciuciulena, giurgiulena, giggiulena, giuggiulena
• → Spanish: ajonjolí

References

• Behnstedt, Peter; Woidich, Manfred (2012), Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 273–274
• Mandaville, James Paul (2011), Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tucson: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 215, 291
• Sima, Alexander (2000), Tiere, Pflanzen, Steine und Metalle in den altsüdarabischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 208

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒəlʒlaːn/

Noun

جلجلان (jəljlān) m

1. sesame seed