ܫܰܠܓܰܡ šlgm šalgam turnip, Brassica rapa
MIr. *šalgam? According to LS, the word comes from Arab. šalǧam; Drower – Macuch (1963, 442), on the contrary, believe that the corresponding Md. šalgam "turnip" comes from NP šalγam turnip, rape (Steingass 757); NP, Arab. šalǰam turnip (ibid. 757). According to Steblin-Kamenskij 1982, 75–77, the term is an old borrowing in the Pamir languages, and Arab. šalǧam, together with other Semitic and Turkish correspondent forms, was borrowed from Persian. See also Laufer 1919, 381 ● BB 1812pu ◆ LS 779b