جلبان
العربية
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جلبان
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Borrowed from Aramaic, where Jewish Palestinian Aramaic גילבונה (/*gilbɔ̄nā/), גילבונא (/*gilbɔ̄nā/), גלבונה (/*gilbɔ̄nā/), גלבונא (/*gilbɔ̄nā/) is Lathyrus digitatus syn. sessilifolius, Lathyrus sativus and other Lathyrus species, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic גּוּלְבָּא (gulbā) and Classical Syriac ܓܰܘܠܒܳܐ (gulbā) a kind of wheat (a Triticum species), all derived from the root ג־ל־ב (g-l-b) related to baldness, being shaven off because of the paucity of anything like hair on either plant, the smooth leaf surface compared to naked human skin.
The first witness of the term might be a Late Middle Egyptian text (pBrooklyn 47.218.48 & 85 col. IV, 13–14) where it is stated that in the Asiatic language the grass-pea is called [script needed] (gulban).
The middle part can also be identified as continuing Akkadian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^(SAR) /lubbu, luppu/, “cowpea”), from Sumerian 𒇻𒂠𒊬 (LU-UB₂-^(SAR) /lub/, “cowpea”), likely connected to the Sumerian 𒇻𒂠 (LU-UB₂ /lub/, “pouch, pod, bag”) also found in لُوبِيَا (lūbiyā).
noun جُلُبَّان · جُلَبَّان · جُلْبَان · julubbān · julabbān · julbān
- grasspea (Lathyrus sativus, and by extension other Lathyrus species and the genus)
In English
- chickling vetch plant with edible seeds similar to peas
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