سحلية

Arabic

Etymology

Root consonants س ح ل (s-ḥ-l), but that forms meanings related to “scraping off”. Left unmentioned by Classical Arabic dictionaries. Only used in the Mashreq, as opposed to Berber-borrowed زَلْمُومِيَّة (zalmūmiyya), زَرْمُومِيَّة (zarmūmiyya) ruling the Maghreb, in addition to Levantine حِرْذَوْن (ḥirḏawn). Apparently traditional Arabic lizard names are just ضَبّ (ḍabb) and عَظَاءَة (ʕaẓāʔa), while سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya) is another Aramaic term terminating in -īṯā, see حِسْل (ḥisl, young of a spiny-tailed lizard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siħ.lij.ja/

Noun

سِحْلِيَّة • (siḥliyya) f (plural سَحَالٍ (saḥālin))

  1. lizard

Declension

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 361–363
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “سحل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saħ.lij.ja/

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyya) f (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

  1. lizard

See also

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سِحْلِيَّة (siḥliyya).

Noun

سحلية • (saḥliyye) f (plural سحالي (saḥāli))

  1. lizard
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