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Etymology
From L. tulipa < Turk. tülbend < Pers. fa-Arab|د�ب�د dulbend, also the root of turban.

Noun
en-noun

1. A type of flowering plant, genus Tulipa.
2. The flower of this plant.

Quotations
1876 � "s:The Tulip Mania|The Tulip Mania", w:Harper's Magazine|Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. CCCXL, April 1876, Vol. LII.
:"The sturdy burghers of Holland took the tulip mania so badly that single bulbs that could not flower till another year would sell for more than $2000 apiece."

Translations

Basque: idibihotz, kukupel
Bosnian: lala#Bosnian|lala f, tulipan#Bosnian|tulipan m
Catalan: tulipa f
Chinese: 鬱��, ���
Croatian: lala#Croatian|lala f, tulipan#Croatian|tulipan m
Czech: tulipán m
Dutch: tulp f
Esperanto: tulipo
Finnish: tulppaani
French: tulipe f
German: Tulpe f
Greek: �ο�λί�α f (toul&iacute;pa)
Hebrew: צ�ע�נ�
Hindi: ��य�लिप (t'yūlip)
Indonesian: tulip
Italian: tulipano m
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Japanese: ������ (chūrippu)
Korean: �립 (t'yullib)
Maltese: tulipan
Persian: FAchar|�ا�� (lâleh)
Romanian: lalea f, tulip�
Russian: ��л�пан m (tyul'pan)
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: лала#Serbian|лала f
:Roman: lala#Serbian|lala f
Slovene: tulipan m
Spanish: tulipán m
Swedish: tulpan
Turkish: lâle
Urdu: URchar|�ا�� (lâleh)

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• 2007-12-22 01:07 - Pistachio - + etymology from Persian

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