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سلتن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root entry is very brief and discusses a specific term related to date palm cultivation. It describes a method of digging around the base of palm trees to help them access water, noting its regional usage and Arabic equivalent.

Derived headwords

السَّلْتَيْنnoun
  1. 1.
    palm tree irrigation methodclassical

    A method of digging around the base of palm trees to draw water to them when it does not naturally reach them. This term is specific to the people of Bahrain and is considered non-Arabic.

سَجَنَverb
  1. 1.
    to dig around palm baseclassical

    To dig around the base of a palm tree to facilitate water access. This is presented as the Arabic equivalent of the term 'as-seltayn'.

Parallel reading

وهو من النخل ما يحفر في أصولها حفرا يجذب الماء إليها إذا كان لا يصل إليها الماء
It refers to palm trees whose bases are dug, a digging that draws water to them if water does not reach them.
وهي لغة أهل البحرين وليست بعربية
And it is a dialect of the people of Bahrain and is not Arabic.
وهي بالعربية السجين
And it is, in Arabic, as-sijjin.