ζουλάπιν
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ζουλάπιον (zoulápion), ζουλάβιν (zoulábin), τζουλάπιν (tzoulápin)
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish جلاب (cüllab), from Arabic جُلَّاب (jullāb, “rosewater, julep”), from Persian گلاب (gulâb, “rosewater”).
Pronunciation
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zuˈla.pin/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zuˈla.pin/
Noun
ζουλάπιν • (zoulápin) n (genitive ζουλαπίου); second declension
- (Byzantine) rosewater, medicinal julep
- ca 14th c. CE, Johannes Zacharias Actuarius, Θεραπευτικὴ μέθοδος, 17.113.1-2:
- ...καὶ σεράπιον ἢ ζουλάπιν τῇ βαρβάρῳ φωνῇ καλοῦμεν
- ...kaì serápion ḕ zoulápin têi barbárōi phōnêi kaloûmen
- ...and we call syrup or julep according to the barbarian language
Descendants
- Greek: ζουλάπι (zoulápi)
References
Kriaras, Emmanuel (vol.1 1969-), “ζουλάπιν”, in Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. I–XIV] (in Greek), Online edition