كولان

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كولان

/kuː.laːn/
/kaw.laːn/

Rhymes with -aːn

Where it comes from

An Aramaic loanword, attested as Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כולניתא (*kūlānīṯā, “a kind of papyrus reed”) and Punic 𐤊𐤋𐤌 (kūlūm, “common knotgrass, Polygonum aviculare”), regularly cognate to it by the Canaanite shift.

noun كُولَان · كَوْلَان · kūlān · kawlān

desert papyrus (Cyperus conglomeratus)
Similar: ثُدَّاء, ثَنْدَة, ثَنْدَا, ثَنْدَى, مُصَاص

In English

papyrus plant in the sedge family

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كولان},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}