حلبة

Arabic
حُلْبَة

Etymology

Compare Classical Syriac ܚܠܒܬܐ, Hebrew חִלְבָּה (ḥilbā́), also of this meaning. Compare also the spurge-name حُلَّب (ḥullab).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħul.ba/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ħal.ba/, /ħul.ba/
    • (North Levantine) IPA(key): /ħil.ba/, /ħil.be/

Noun

حُلْبَة • (ḥulba) f

  1. fenugreek

Declension
Declension of noun حُلْبَة (ḥulba)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal حُلْبَة
ḥulba		 الْحُلْبَة
al-ḥulba		 حُلْبَة
ḥulbat
Nominative حُلْبَةٌ
ḥulbatun		 الْحُلْبَةُ
al-ḥulbatu		 حُلْبَةُ
ḥulbatu
Accusative حُلْبَةً
ḥulbatan		 الْحُلْبَةَ
al-ḥulbata		 حُلْبَةَ
ḥulbata
Genitive حُلْبَةٍ
ḥulbatin		 الْحُلْبَةِ
al-ḥulbati		 حُلْبَةِ
ḥulbati

Descendants
  • Maltese: ħelba
  • → Middle Armenian: հուլպայ (hulpay), հուլբայ (hulbay)
    • Armenian: հուլպա (hulpa)
  • → Catalan: alfolba
  • → Chinese: 胡蘆巴／胡芦巴 (húlúbā)
  • → Galician: alforfa
  • → Georgian: ულბო (ulbo)
  • → Persian: حلبه (holbe)
  • → Portuguese: alforba, alforva, alfarva, alforfa
  • → Spanish: alholva, albolba
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حلبت (hulbet), حلبه (hulbe)
  • → Tamil: உலுவம் (uluvam)
  • → Kodava: ಉಲುವೆ (uluve)
  • → Malayalam: ഉലുവ (uluva)

References
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հուլպայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 121a
  • Fīrūzābādī (1834) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt‎, 2nd edition, volume I, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, Constantinople, page 113
  • Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 475–481
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “حلبة”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 287
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