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Is salep a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word salep is a Scrabble US word. The word salep is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is salep a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word salep is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

S1A1L1E1P3

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5-letter words (10 found)

LAPSE,LEAPS,PALES,PEALS,PELAS,PLEAS,SALEP,SEPAL,SPALE,SPEAL,

4-letter words (23 found)

ALES,ALPS,APES,APSE,LAPS,LASE,LEAP,LEAS,LEPS,PALE,PALS,PASE,PEAL,PEAS,PELA,PELS,PLEA,SALE,SALP,SEAL,SLAE,SLAP,SPAE,

3-letter words (23 found)

ALE,ALP,ALS,APE,ASP,EAS,ELS,LAP,LAS,LEA,LEP,LES,PAL,PAS,PEA,PEL,PES,SAE,SAL,SAP,SEA,SEL,SPA,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AS,EA,EL,ES,LA,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 66 words from salep according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of salep

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Definitions and meaning of salep

salep

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(key): /ˈsæləp/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lep

Noun

salep (countable and uncountable, plural saleps)

  1. A starch or jelly made out of plants in the Orchidaceae family, such as the early-purple orchid (Orchis mascula).
  2. Alternative form of saloop (“aromatic drink originally made with salep”)

Alternative forms

  • saleb, saloop, salop

Translations

References

Further reading

  • salep on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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

Noun

salep m (plural saleps)

  1. 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(key): [ˈsaləp̚]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lêp

Noun

salep (plural salep-salep, first-person possessive salepku, second-person possessive salepmu, third-person possessive salepnya)

  1. ointment.

Alternative forms

  • salap (Standard Malay)

Affixed terms

Compounds

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 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)

  1. 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(key): /saːˈlep/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧lep

Noun

salep (definite accusative salebi, plural salepler)

  1. (botany) Orchis mascula, early purple orchid, early spring orchis.
  2. The white powder acquired by grinding the tubers of this plant.
  3. The drink made by mixing the powder with sweetened milk or water.

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Derived terms

See also

References

Further reading

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

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