كمأ

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Arabic

كَمَأ
 كمأ on Arabic Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic attested in Jewish Palestinian Aramaic כמהה (kamhā) and ܟܝܡܐ (kīmā), from Akkadian 𒌑𒅗𒀪𒈠𒌓 (/⁠kamʾtu⁠/).

Pronunciation

Noun

كَمَأ (kamaʔm (plural أَكْمُؤ (ʔakmuʔ))

  1. truffles, Pezizaceae (syn. Terfeziaceae)

Declension

References

  • كمأ” in Almaany
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 26 seqq.
  • Procházka, Stephan (2010) “Genüsse aus der Steppe: Kulturgeschichtliches und Etymologisches zur Wüsten-Trüffel nebst einem Text im arabischen Dialekt von Urfa (Südost-Türkei)”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, volume 100, pages 119–135
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “كمأ”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1118
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 57