قفلوط

Meaning

shallot (Allium cepa var. aggregatum)

Concepts

shallots

Translations

Schalotte

échalote

scalogno

chalota

chalote

Escaluna

Pronounced as (IPA)

/qa.fa.luːtˤ/

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܩܦܠܘܛܐ (qap̄lūṭā, qap̄lōṭā) adapted from Ancient Greek κεφαλωτόν (kephalōtón, “headed”) after πράσον (práson, “leek”) found in the Materia medica during the science translation movement.