شلوق

شلوق

Arabic

Etymology 1

From coastal African dialects, perhaps via Berber from Italian scirocco.

Alternative forms

• شَلُوك‎ (šalūk)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.luːq/, /ʃi.luːq/

Noun

شَلُوق or شِلُوق • (šalūq or šilūq) m

1. southeasterly wind, scirocco

Declension

Declension of noun شَلُوق (šalūq)‎; شِلُوق (šilūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَلُوق‎; شِلُوق šalūq‎; šilūq	الشَّلُوق‎‎; الشِّلُوق‎ aš-šalūq‎; aš-šilūq	شَلُوق‎; شِلُوق šalūq‎; šilūq
Nominative	شَلُوقٌ‎; شِلُوقٌ šalūqun‎; šilūqun	الشَّلُوقُ‎‎; الشِّلُوقُ‎ aš-šalūqu‎; aš-šilūqu	شَلُوقُ‎; شِلُوقُ šalūqu‎; šilūqu
Accusative	شَلُوقًا‎‎; شِلُوقًا‎ šalūqan‎; šilūqan	الشَّلُوقَ‎‎; الشِّلُوقَ‎ aš-šalūqa‎; aš-šilūqa	شَلُوقَ‎; شِلُوقَ šalūqa‎; šilūqa
Genitive	شَلُوقٍ‎; شِلُوقٍ šalūqin‎; šilūqin	الشَّلُوقِ‎‎; الشِّلُوقِ‎ aš-šalūqi‎; aš-šilūqi	شَلُوقِ‎; شِلُوقِ šalūqi‎; šilūqi

Descendants

• Maltese: xlokk
• >? Maltese: xellug

Trivia

• as a part of a name variously spelled for the 16th-century Ottoman administrator of Alexandria محمد شلوق باشا‎ (Mahomet Sirocco)

Etymology 2

Apparently from Coptic ϣⲁⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (šalouki), ⲥⲁⲗⲟⲩⲕⲓ (salouki), from Egyptian šlq, alternative form of šrq, which also passed as شَرُّوك‎ (šarrūk, “Schilbe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃu.luːq/

Noun

شُلُوق • (šulūq) m

1. (obsolete) an unknown kind of river fish, perhaps Petrocephalus bane
   • 975–997, محمد بن أحمد الخوارزمي [muḥammad ibn ʾaḥmad al-ḵwārizmī], Gerlof van Vloten, editor, مفاتيح العلوم [mafātīḥ al-ʿulūm], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1895, pages 168 line 9 – 169 line 1:

     ‏الْهَازِبَاء والبُنِّيّ والْجِرِّيث والشَبُّوط والشُلُوق من أصناف السمك‎

     Hāzibāʾ and Labeobarbus bynni and slime eel and the carp and šulūq are sorts of fish.

Declension

Declension of noun شُلُوق (šulūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شُلُوق šulūq	الشُّلُوق‎ aš-šulūq	شُلُوق šulūq
Nominative	شُلُوقٌ šulūqun	الشُّلُوقُ‎ aš-šulūqu	شُلُوقُ šulūqu
Accusative	شُلُوقًا‎ šulūqan	الشُّلُوقَ‎ aš-šulūqa	شُلُوقَ šulūqa
Genitive	شُلُوقٍ šulūqin	الشُّلُوقِ‎ aš-šulūqi	شُلُوقِ šulūqi

References

• Seidel, Ernst (1915), “Die Medizin im Kitâb Mafâtîḥ al ʿUlûm”, in Sitzungsberichte der Physikalisch-Medizinischen Sozietät zu Erlangen‎ (in German), volume 47, page 33 Anm. 81, finds the Arabic fish-name and no other place and knows no comparandum except شَلِيق‎ (šalīq, “lamprel or wrasse”)
• Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928), “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, DOI:10.1177/030751332801400109, page 30, mentioning the Coptic without the Arabic

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Persian

Adjective

شلوق • (šoluq)

1. Alternative spelling of شلوغ‎ (šoluğ)