حرنكش

حرنكش

Arabic

حَرَنْكَش

Etymology

A disguised حَشِيش حَرَام‎ (ḥašīš ḥarām) in the Egyptian Arabic drug slang language لغة السين‎ (luġit is-sīn), apparently originally meaning a resemblant psychoactive plant, which can be Withania somnifera of the same tribe Physaleae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.ran.kaʃ/

Noun

حَرَنْكَش • (ḥarankaš) m

1. cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana and Physalis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of noun حَرَنْكَش (ḥarankaš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš	الْحَرَنْكَش‎ al-ḥarankaš	حَرَنْكَش ḥarankaš
Nominative	حَرَنْكَشٌ ḥarankašun	الْحَرَنْكَشُ‎ al-ḥarankašu	حَرَنْكَشُ ḥarankašu
Accusative	حَرَنْكَشًا‎ ḥarankašan	الْحَرَنْكَشَ‎ al-ḥarankaša	حَرَنْكَشَ ḥarankaša
Genitive	حَرَنْكَشٍ ḥarankašin	الْحَرَنْكَشِ‎ al-ḥarankaši	حَرَنْكَشِ ḥarankaši

Further reading

• Martirossian, Tatevik (2013) Raketten van amber – Een etymologisch onderzoek van Egyptisch drugs slang‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam, pages 61–63