ملح

See also: ملخ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-West Semitic *milḥ-. Cognate with Hebrew מלח (melaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milħ/

Noun

مِلْح • (milḥ) m (plural أَمْلَاح (ʔamlāḥ) or مِلَاح (milāḥ) or مِلَح (milaḥ) or مِلْحَة (milḥa))

1. salt
2. salt water
3. wit, intellect
4. knowledge
5. scholar
6. beauty, loveliness, grace
7. oath

Declension

Declension of noun مِلْح (milḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِلْح milḥ	الْمِلْح al-milḥ	مِلْح milḥ
Nominative	مِلْحٌ milḥun	الْمِلْحُ al-milḥu	مِلْحُ milḥu
Accusative	مِلْحًا milḥan	الْمِلْحَ al-milḥa	مِلْحَ milḥa
Genitive	مِلْحٍ milḥin	الْمِلْحِ al-milḥi	مِلْحِ milḥi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِلْحَيْن milḥayn	الْمِلْحَيْن al-milḥayn	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Nominative	مِلْحَانِ milḥāni	الْمِلْحَانِ al-milḥāni	مِلْحَا milḥā
Accusative	مِلْحَيْنِ milḥayni	الْمِلْحَيْنِ al-milḥayni	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Genitive	مِلْحَيْنِ milḥayni	الْمِلْحَيْنِ al-milḥayni	مِلْحَيْ milḥay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥa	الْأَمْلَاح‎; الْمِلَاح‎; الْمِلَح‎; الْمِلْحَة al-ʔamlāḥ‎; al-milāḥ‎; al-milaḥ‎; al-milḥa	أَمْلَاح‎; مِلَاح‎; مِلَح‎; مِلْحَة ʔamlāḥ‎; milāḥ‎; milaḥ‎; milḥat
Nominative	أَمْلَاحٌ‎; مِلَاحٌ‎; مِلَحٌ‎; مِلْحَةٌ ʔamlāḥun‎; milāḥun‎; milaḥun‎; milḥatun	الْأَمْلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَاحُ‎; الْمِلَحُ‎; الْمِلْحَةُ al-ʔamlāḥu‎; al-milāḥu‎; al-milaḥu‎; al-milḥatu	أَمْلَاحُ‎; مِلَاحُ‎; مِلَحُ‎; مِلْحَةُ ʔamlāḥu‎; milāḥu‎; milaḥu‎; milḥatu
Accusative	أَمْلَاحًا‎; مِلَاحًا‎; مِلَحًا‎; مِلْحَةً ʔamlāḥan‎; milāḥan‎; milaḥan‎; milḥatan	الْأَمْلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَاحَ‎; الْمِلَحَ‎; الْمِلْحَةَ al-ʔamlāḥa‎; al-milāḥa‎; al-milaḥa‎; al-milḥata	أَمْلَاحَ‎; مِلَاحَ‎; مِلَحَ‎; مِلْحَةَ ʔamlāḥa‎; milāḥa‎; milaḥa‎; milḥata
Genitive	أَمْلَاحٍ‎; مِلَاحٍ‎; مِلَحٍ‎; مِلْحَةٍ ʔamlāḥin‎; milāḥin‎; milaḥin‎; milḥatin	الْأَمْلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَاحِ‎; الْمِلَحِ‎; الْمِلْحَةِ al-ʔamlāḥi‎; al-milāḥi‎; al-milaḥi‎; al-milḥati	أَمْلَاحِ‎; مِلَاحِ‎; مِلَحِ‎; مِلْحَةِ ʔamlāḥi‎; milāḥi‎; milaḥi‎; milḥati

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: ملح (milḥ)
• Moroccan Arabic: ملح
• Maltese: melħ
• Hindi: मिल्ह (milha)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ملح”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “ملح”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “ملح”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /milħ/

Adjective

مِلْح • (milḥ)

1. salty, saline

   Synonym: مَالِح (māliḥ)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملح”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mlaħ/, /malħ/

Noun

مْلَح or مَلْح • (mlaḥ or malḥ) m (plural ملحة (malḥa))

1. salt

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Noun

ملح • (milh)

1. salt, a common substance chemically consisting of sodium chloride

   Synonyms: طوز (tuz), نمك (nemek)

2. (chemistry) salt, one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base
3. (figuratively) wit, intellect, knowledge, learning
4. (figuratively) salt of the earth, a decent, dependable, unpretentious person

Derived terms

• ملح الصاغه (milhü's-saga, “borax”)
• ملح بارود (milh-i barud, “saltpetre”)
• ملح حامض (milh hamiz, “supersalt”)
• ملح موحد (milh mahad, “protosalt”)
• ملحی (milhî, “saline”)
• ملحیت (milhiyet, “saltness”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: milh

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “milh”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3223
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ملح”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1220
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Sal”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[5], Vienna, column 1502
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “ملح”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[6], Vienna, column 4888
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1970

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ح
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْح (milḥ, “salt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /malħ/, [ˈma.l(ɪ)ħ]
• IPA^(key): /milħ/, [ˈmi.l(ɪ)ħ]

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Noun

ملح • (malḥ) m

1. salt

See also

• مالح (māleḥ, “salty”)