Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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قلمس قلو / قلى قم


1. ⇒ قلوقلى

قَلَا and قلى He fried wheat; i. e. roasted it in a مَقْلَى [or frying-pan or roasting-pan]. (Mgh.)

Root: قلو - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

قَلَى with يَقْلَى for its aor.: see أَبَى.

Root: قلو - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

هُوَ يَقْلُو البُرَّ: see بَرَى.

Root: قلو - Entry: 1. Signification: A4

قَلَى He roasted in a frying-pan (MA, KL) flesh-meat (MA) or anything: (KL:) and شَوَى signifies the same. (MA.) قَلَى البُرَّ بِالمِقْلَى and المِقْلاَةِ means شَوَاهُ [i. e. he parched, or roasted, the wheat with the مقلى]. (Mgh.) The aor. is يَقْلِى and يَقْلُو, and the inf. n. قَلْىٌ (MA, Mgh) and قَلْوٌ. (Mgh.)


قَلْىٌ

قَلْىٌ Potash; as is shown by the explanations in the Ṣ, Ḳ, and TA. Hence our term “alkali.” See حُرْضٌ.


مِقْلًى

مِقْلًى A frying-pan; i. q. طَاجَنٌ. (Mṣb in art. طجن.)


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