salep

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French salep, from Turkish salep, from Arabic سَحْلَب (saḥlab, “type of orchid”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Arabic word is said to be a contraction of خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”) (الثَعْلَب (aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox”) + خُصًى (ḵuṣan, “testicles”)), referring to the testicle-like root tubers.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsæləp/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lep

Noun

salep (countable and uncountable, plural saleps)

1. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as the early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula).
   • 1800, Erasmus Darwin, “Sect. XI. Of Draining and Watering Lands.”, in Phytologia: Or The Philosophy of Agricuture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, Dublin: Printed for P. Byrne, 108, Grafton-Street, →OCLC, section XI.2.4.5, page 245:

     Where finally the draining of marſhy grounds can not be effected at a reſponſible expence, ſome plants may perhaps be cultivated with profit to the cultivator; as in ſome ſituations the feſtica fluitans, floating feſcue, callitriche, ſtar-graſs; or in others the orchis for the purpoſe of making ſaloop by drying the peeled roots in an oven.

   • 2014 April 5, “Quite interesting: A quietly intriguing column from the brains behind QI, the BBC quiz show. This week; QI orchids you not”, in The Daily Telegraph (Weekend), page W22:

     The tubers of one [orchid] species, Orchis mascula, produce a flour called salep, which was made into a drink known as "saloop" in 18th-century London, as an alternative to coffee (Charles Lamb thought it the ideal breakfast for chimney sweeps). Salep is a Turkish word with an even more precise derivation (it's from the Arabic for "fox's testicles"). Despite this, the Turks still use it to make a strange elastic ice cream, eaten with a knife and fork, which carries a pungent aftertaste compared by one commentator to the scent of "goats on a rainy day". Salep ice cream is so popular that O. mascula is now a protected species in Turkey.

2. Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”)

Alternative forms

• saleb, saloop, salop

Translations

Translations

• Polish: salep m
• Spanish: salep m

Further reading

• salep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, sepal, slape, spale

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish salep, from earlier sahlep, from Ottoman Turkish سحلب (sahleb), from Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.lɛp/

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Noun

salep m (plural saleps)

1. salep

Further reading

• “salep”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch zalf, from Middle Dutch salve, from Old Dutch salva, from Proto-Germanic *salbō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsaləp̚]
• Hyphenation: sa‧lêp

Noun

salep (plural)

1. ointment.

Alternative forms

• salap (Standard Malay)

Affixed terms

• menyalep

 

Compounds

• salep antibiotik
• salep antijamur
• salep antivirus
• salep bibir

 

Further reading

• “salep” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سالب (saleb), سحلب (sahleb), from Arabic خُصَى الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣā aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox testicles”).

Noun

salep n (plural salepuri)

1. salep

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	salep	salepul		salepuri	salepurile
genitive-dative	salep	salepului		salepuri	salepurilor
vocative	salepule			salepurilor

Turkish

Alternative forms

• sahlep

Salep plant.

Salep drink.

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سالپ (sālep, “the plant and root of orchis mascula, the drink made from the powdered root”), from Arabic خُصْيَة الثَعْلَب (ḵuṣya(t) aṯ-ṯaʕlab, “fox's testicle”), from خُصْيَة (ḵuṣya, “testicle”) +‎ ثَعْلَب (ṯaʕlab, “fox”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saːˈlep/
• Hyphenation: sa‧lep

Noun

salep (definite accusative salebi, plural salepler)

1. (botany) Orchis mascula, early purple orchid, early spring orchis.
2. The white powder acquired by grinding the tubers of this plant.
3. The drink made by mixing the powder with sweetened milk or water.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	salep
Definite accusative	salebi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salep	salepler
Definite accusative	salebi	salepleri
Dative	salebe	saleplere
Locative	salepte	saleplerde
Ablative	salepten	saleplerden
Genitive	salebin	saleplerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular salebim saleplerim 2nd singular salebin saleplerin 3rd singular salebi salepleri 1st plural salebimiz saleplerimiz 2nd plural salebiniz salepleriniz 3rd plural salepleri salepleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular salebimi saleplerimi 2nd singular salebini saleplerini 3rd singular salebini saleplerini 1st plural salebimizi saleplerimizi 2nd plural salebinizi saleplerinizi 3rd plural saleplerini saleplerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular salebime saleplerime 2nd singular salebine saleplerine 3rd singular salebine saleplerine 1st plural salebimize saleplerimize 2nd plural salebinize saleplerinize 3rd plural saleplerine saleplerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular salebimde saleplerimde 2nd singular salebinde saleplerinde 3rd singular salebinde saleplerinde 1st plural salebimizde saleplerimizde 2nd plural salebinizde saleplerinizde 3rd plural saleplerinde saleplerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular salebimden saleplerimden 2nd singular salebinden saleplerinden 3rd singular salebinden saleplerinden 1st plural salebimizden saleplerimizden 2nd plural salebinizden saleplerinizden 3rd plural saleplerinden saleplerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular salebimin saleplerimin 2nd singular salebinin saleplerinin 3rd singular salebinin saleplerinin 1st plural salebimizin saleplerimizin 2nd plural salebinizin saleplerinizin 3rd plural saleplerinin saleplerinin

Derived terms

• salepçi
• salepgiller

 

See also

• ayran
• boza
• kefir
• şalgam suyu
• şerbet

 

Further reading

• “salep”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “salep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4038