شلمونة

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

  • شلمون (šalimōn), شرمونة (šarimōne)
  • شليمونة (šalimōne) (alternative spelling)

Etymology

Alteration of شَلِمون (šalimōn), from French chalumeau (“drinking straw”). The excrescent ـن (-n) arose from mishearing or reanalyzing the vowel following the م (m), which must have become nasalized after loaning: */ʃaliˈmoː/ *[ʃaliˈmõː] → /ʃaliˈmoːn/ [ʃaliˈmõːn], like in كوموندينا (komondīna, “nightstand, commode”) and ريمونت (rimōnt, “remote control”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.li.ˈmoːne/, [ʃæliˈmoːne]

Noun

شلمونة • (šalimōne) f (plural شلمونات (šalimōnāt))

  1. drinking straw
    Synonym: قَشِّة (ʔašše)
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