زمج

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See also: رمح, زمخ, and زمح

Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian *zumag, compare Chagatai زمج (zummaj, steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis) known from the Bāburnāma and metathetical Hindi जुमिज़ (jumiz, steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis; eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca) and Classical Syriac ܙܘܡܐ (zūmā, zaumā) without the suffix from Middle Persian *zum. Classical Persian زمنج (zimunj, ziminj), زمچ (zimič).

Noun

زُمَّج or زُمْج or زَمَج (zummaj or zumj or zamajm (plural زَمَامِج (zamāmij))

  1. (obsolete) steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian *zamag, compare Classical Persian زمه (zama, vitriol, alum), زنج (zunj, zanj, zinj, resin; chin = زنخ (zanax)). Doublet of زَاج (zāj, vitriol) and صَمْغ (ṣamḡ, resin).

Noun

زُمَّج or زَمَج or زَمْج (zummaj or zamaj or zamjm (obsolete)

  1. gum arabic
  2. raisins
Declension

References

  • Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 147
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زمج”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 602b
  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زمج”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 252a
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “زمج”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1009
  • Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎ (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 204 Nr. 599, 207 Nr. 610
  • Piamenta, Moshe (1991) Dictionary of Post-Classical Yemeni Arabic, volume 1, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 204b
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “زمج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume 2, Bonn: Adolf Marcus, pages 141a, 142b, 147b