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trehala

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tre-ha-la
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.

Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin trehāla, from Turkish tıgala, from Classical Persian تیغال (tīġāl, “a kind of manna”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: trehāla, tıgala, تیغال

Usage

Inflected Forms

trehalas (plural)

Derived Forms

trehalose

Synonyms

nest sugar

Rhymes With

gala impala koala kamala valhalla masala uppsala pala sinhala tala tikka masala challah

Questions

What does trehala mean?
Manna from the cocoons of the insects Larinus maculatus and Larinus nidificans.
Where does trehala come from?
It is traced to Turkish.

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