# 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: /ˈsæləp/
* Hyphenation: sa‧lep

### Noun

salep (countable and uncountable, plural saleps)
* 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.
* Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”)

#### Alternative forms

* saleb, saloop, salop

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “salep”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ “salep”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* salep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* ALSEP, ELSPA, Lapes, Leaps, Pales, Peals, Slape, e-pals, lapse, leaps, lepas, pales, peals, pleas, sepal, 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: /sa.lɛp/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

salep m (plural saleps)
* 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: [ˈsaləp̚]
* Hyphenation: sa‧lêp

### Noun

salep (plural)
* 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)
* salep

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* sahlep

### 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: /saːˈlep/
* Hyphenation: sa‧lep

### Noun

salep (definite accusative salebi, plural salepler)
* (botany) Orchis mascula, early purple orchid, early spring orchis.
* The white powder acquired by grinding the tubers of this plant.
* The drink made by mixing the powder with sweetened milk or water.

#### Declension

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

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سالپ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1030
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “salep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

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